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"The Logic of Action" by Murray Rothbard

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I. Ryan Posted: Thu, Jul 16 2009 10:02 AM

I noticed that Rothbard wrote a two-volume book entitled "The Logic of Action". Is this book a compilation of unrelated essays? If so, who compiled it? Does it contain any essays or works by Rothbard that the mises.org store does not sell?

I ask this question because this book sells for close to $300 on amazon.com and I do not see it on the mises.org/store page.

Here are the amazon.com links:

http://www.amazon.com/Logic-Action-Austrian-Economists-Twentieth/dp/1858980151

http://www.amazon.com/Logic-Action-Applications-Criticism-Economists/dp/1858985706

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It looks like a collection of essays, search for the chapter titles and you might find many them free online.  Apparently Hoppe and Gordon wrote the introductions. I might add that I can think of only one person who owns the pair of books (and he's an academic).

Contents for vol. I here.

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Conza88 replied on Thu, Jul 16 2009 7:36 PM

Ohhh, those look good. Indifferent

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Conza88 replied on Mon, Jul 27 2009 9:37 AM

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Conza88 replied on Mon, Aug 10 2009 6:19 AM

MatthewWilliam:

It looks like a collection of essays, search for the chapter titles and you might find many them free online.  Apparently Hoppe and Gordon wrote the introductions. I might add that I can think of only one person who owns the pair of books (and he's an academic).

Contents for vol. I here.

Any contents for vol. II ? Smile

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Found it: http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/bookentry_main.lasso?id=1223

(It's only £61 when purchased from Elgar!)

Also this site might be useful to you, Conza: http://www.booko.com.au/books/isbn/9781858985701

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jtucker replied on Mon, Aug 10 2009 8:39 AM

Yeah, this book is outrageously expensive.

How can I say this? Watch this space and look for a big book called Economic Controversies.

It will be a better book. and the price will be right.

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Conza88 replied on Mon, Aug 10 2009 8:55 AM

jtucker:

Yeah, this book is outrageously expensive.

How can I say this? Watch this space and look for a big book called Economic Controversies.

It will be a better book. and the price will be right.

Ha! Awesome.

Thanks Jeffrey.

 

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Conza88 replied on Mon, Sep 21 2009 10:12 AM

Conza88:
Ha! Awesome.

Thanks Jeffrey.

I'm impatient. Big Smile

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rpj83 replied on Mon, Sep 21 2009 8:01 PM

Indeed, I believe I first saw this book advertised in 2006!  I think it's Logic of Action plus a load of extra stuff.

Was wondering if it also included his unpublished essays on major philosophers (mentioned halfway down here: http://mises.org/events/109.)

 

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h4x5k8 replied on Thu, Sep 24 2009 5:14 PM

David Gordon thought it would be done by 2007. This must be taking much longer than the LvMI expected.

This is printed in the Bibliography section on Gordon's "Essential Rothbard"

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SCHOLARLY ARTICLES & CHAPTERS IN BOOKS:
“In Defense of ‘Extreme Apriorism’.” Southern Economic Journal 3, no. 23 (January
1957): 314–20. Reprinted in Austrian Economics, vol. 1, by Stephen Littlechild.
Brookfield, Vt.: Edward Elgar, 1990, pp. 445–51. Translated in French as
“L’apriorisme extrême” by François Guillaumat in Economistes et charlatans. Paris:
Les Belles Lettres, 1991, pp. 83–96. Reprinted in The Logic of Action One: Method,
Money, and the Austrian School. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar, 1997, pp.
100–10. Reprinted and expanded as Economic Controversies. Auburn, Ala.: Ludwig
von Mises Institute, 2007.

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Any news on this entry? I see Logic of Action is still expensive on Amazon and not on Mises store and Economic Controversies isn't there either.

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Le Master replied on Sat, Oct 24 2009 6:27 PM

Both volumes are available at my school library. I'm going to check it out next week.

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Le Master:

Both volumes are available at my school library. I'm going to check it out next week.

Scan and put in PDF! Creative Commons publishing!

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Conza88 Stick out tongue [:P] replied on Sat, Oct 24 2009 10:20 PM

Laughing Man:

Le Master:

Both volumes are available at my school library. I'm going to check it out next week.

Scan and put in PDF! Creative Commons publishing!

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Le Master replied on Sat, Oct 24 2009 11:40 PM

I'll try to get it scanned by the end of next week.  I have OCR Software and all, but doing this kind of thing isn't my métier, especially since I have such a cheapo printer/scanner.

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Haphazard scans of 'Logic of Action' > 300 bucks for a book.

 

 

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Le Master replied on Mon, Oct 26 2009 9:38 PM

I'm going to be pretty busy this week and weekend with tests and schoolwork, so it may not be till the beginning of next week that I get it scanned.

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jtucker replied on Mon, Oct 26 2009 10:00 PM

I think most of the essays are online individually.

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