Rejoinder on Free Will, Determinism, Libertarianism and Austrian Economics

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Free Will, Determinism, Libertarianism, Austrian Economics

Summary
Block (2015) claimed that the free will position is correct, that of determinism incorrect, and that libertarianism and Austrian economics are compatible with the former but not the latter. Edelstein, Wenzel and Salcido (2016) criticized Block (2015) on the grounds that. The present paper is a rejoinder to EWS. It argues that determinism is incorrect; that free will is correct, and that freedom of will is important for both Austrian economics and libertarianism.

JEL: B, Z
Pages: 15
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