Austrian Economics Overview

In this introduction to The Mises Reader, Shawn Ritenour explains why Mises's work transcends both economics and social theory.

If we had to sum up economics in ten fundamental laws, here are ten we would choose.

Now in mailboxes, the year-end issue of The Austrian is also now online.

Many people continue to think that "economics is hard" and can't be understood by ordinary people. It doesn't have to be this way.

Higher education degrees no longer hold any value for employers.

Many people regard economics as a difficult and tedious business. Mises.org shows it does not have to be that way.

In the tradition of Ludwig von Mises himself, the Mises Institute works daily to pass on sound economics to a new generation of teachers and writers.

Despite many differences, there are many similarities between Knightian and Austrian economics: entrepreneurship, uncertainty, and theory of the firm.

There is an emerging literature on the subject of skyscrapers and business cycles. We present new empirical evidence supporting the skyscraper curse.

Mainstream economics is fraying at both ends. It is vague, and lacks precision. Austrian economics, meanwhile, is rooted in concrete human action.