What is so Austrian about Austrian economics?

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What is so Austrian about Austrian economics?

Statement of responsibility

edited by Roger Koppl, Steven Horwitz, Pierre Desrochers

Contributor

• Desrochers, Pierre, 1969-
• Horwitz, Steven
• Koppl, Roger, 1957-
• Wirth-Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies

Subject

• Austrian school of economics -- Congresses

Genre

• Congresses

Language

eng

Summary

Leading scholars consider Austrian economics from several perspectives such as characteristic themes of entrepreneurship and uncertainty, scientific methods such as mathematical complexity theory and experimental economics, and historical contexts such as pre-war Vienna and post-war France. Placing "Austrian economics" in these multiple contexts helps to reveal the rich texture of the Austrian tradition in social thought and its multiple connections to current research in diverse fields. Applications to the theory of the trade cycle and to foreign intervention suggest that the Austrian tradition contains possibilities not yet full explored and exploited. The volume gathers together papers presented at the second biennial Wirth conference on Austrian economics, held in October 2008 when the crisis of Fall 2008 was still new and shocking. This coincidence of timing makes policy issues and crisis management a kind of leitmotif of the volume. If, as keynote speaker David Colander argues, Austrians have a comparative advantage in political economy, then its stock should rise in times of crisis and political uncertainty. The volume provides evidence in favor of this view. Contributors include David Colander, Richard Wagner, Jeffery McMullen, J. Barkley Rosser, Jr., Steve Horwitz, Richard Ebeling, Chris Coyne, and Peter Boettke

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• Online access with purchase: Emerald Business, Management & Economics Archive
• Advances in Austrian economics, 14

Cataloging source

ZJC

Dewey number

330.157

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

LC call number

HB98

LC item number

.A38 v. 14

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Advances in Austrian economics

Series volume

14