History of the Austrian School of Economics

By dictating key interest rates, modern central bankers are believed to be alchemists.

Non-Austrian schools have a confusion over the categorical difference between theory and history.

According to poet Franz Grillparzer, Vienna was beautiful — but also dangerous.

Rockwell and Rothbard poured their energies into outreach, not only to fellow intellectuals, but also to students, businesspeople, journalists, and the lay public.

A new generation of students seeks the truth delivered plainly, using clear words and logic.

Includes an introduction by Douglas E. French and the awarding of the Gary G. Schlarbaum Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Liberty.

The view of medieval economic thought in which theologians encouraged the setting of "just prices" did not survive de Roover's reevaluation.

Henry Hazlitt brought the English-speaking world's attention to these remarkable works.

Austrians have a different way of understanding history. For Rothbard, for example, a particular price datum is, no less than the Spanish-American War, a historical event, and its causes must be traced back to the subjective aims governing human plans and choices.