Austrian Economics Overview
Introduction to Economics: Part 6
What causes business cycles? Keynesians say the cycles happen because the free market economy does not spend enough. Thus, pump spending in. Additionally, Keynesians say that animal spirits cause these cycles. Government must fix things. Nobody could understand Keynes' General Theory. What was simply obscure was wrongly considered deep.
Appendix A: The 1919 Prophecies
From The Failure of the “New Economics”. Narrated by Josiah Schmidt.
Introduction to Economics: Part 1
Starting with Crusoe economics, Rothbard builds the economic concepts which can be developed by this analogy. These concepts are the axiom of human action. Among them are: man acts, man acts by virtue of his existence, man acts with purposeful behavior,...
2. Postulates of Keynesian Economics
From The Failure of the “New Economics”. Narrated by Josiah Schmidt.
10. “The Propensity To Consume”: II
From The Failure of the “New Economics”. Narrated by Josiah Schmidt.
18. The General Theory Restated
From The Failure of the “New Economics”. Narrated by Josiah Schmidt.
5. “Labor Units” and “Wage Units”
From The Failure of the “New Economics”. Narrated by Josiah Schmidt.
13. Expectations And Speculation
From The Failure of the “New Economics”. Narrated by Josiah Schmidt.