Economic Thought through the Ages
This course, the first of a two-part series, will cover the first volume of An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought.
History of the Austrian School of Economics
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The Value of Money
Benjamin Anderson was among a handful of economists who set out to integrate monetary theory into a general theory of value. At last his treatise is back in print.
The Value of Goods of Higher Order
There is no necessary connection between the value of present consumer goods and the value of currently available capital goods.
Competition and the Economists
Later economists messed everything up: narrowing the definition of "competition" and broadening that of "monopoly."
The Problem of Economic Calculation
Marxist writers had begun to deal more closely with the problems of regulation within socialism. But they still cautiously avoided the crucial question.
What Is a Scientific Theory?
Absolute certainty in science can only be acquired by discovering propositions about the world that can be known to be true a priori.
The “Mystery” of the Endowment Effect
Mainstream economists are puzzled by the endowment effect, demonstrating the inability of formal economics to explain what drives human action.
The Pure Time-Preference Theory of Interest
By dictating key interest rates, modern central bankers are believed to be alchemists.
Nonpraxeological Schools of Thought
Non-Austrian schools have a confusion over the categorical difference between theory and history.
The Vienna of Ludwig von Mises
According to poet Franz Grillparzer, Vienna was beautiful — but also dangerous.
