History of the Austrian School of Economics

In this interview, Jeff Deist discusses taxes, his time working for Ron Paul, members of Congress, and how the Austrian movement is attracting more brilliant people than ever. 

In The Concept of Equilibrium in Different Economic Traditions, Bert Tieben offers a full-length, extensive study of the concept of equilibrium that chronicles its four-century evolution from the prehistory of classical economics to the heyday of neoclassical economics and contemporary heterodox economics.

The Google Ngram Viewer is used to highlight some of the ideas, nomenclature, individuals, and events that have come to comprise the Austrian tradition. Key terms and literature are also examined primarily using the English corpus, with occasional examinations using German and French corpus as well. The Ngram counts of these terms provide a useful way to gauge the success of Austrians, over time, to influence the state of economics and the popular debate.

This lecture by Joseph Salerno was presented at the 2012 Mises University in Auburn, Alabama.  Includes an introduction my Mark Thornton.

Lew Rockwell and Tom Woods discuss Muray Rothbard, his life, writings, students, and career.

The economics profession acknowledges Menger’s place due to his contribution to the Marginalist Revolution in the 1870s, it otherwise ignores him because his theoretical framework does not lend itself to policy prescriptions.

Mises and Rothbard are exemplars of what can be considered a modest life that bore remarkable fruit.

This present volume is a full–length biography of Say, and presents a detailed account of the life and intellectual development of the founder of the French Liberal School. 

Discrete marginalism, despite being non-mathematical, is superior to neoclassical marginalism. Usage of derivatives is not a sign of a more scientific method.