Praxeology

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

Joseph T. Salerno (2004) has presented us with the choice of pursuing economics as a vocation or profession. The focus of the vocational economist is the pursuit of truth whereas the professional economist 

We have tried to take Caplan to task for his many errors of omission and commission. Nevertheless, we think his was a very worthwhile article. Why? First, its quality.

Robbins contributed the most definitive modern definition of the discipline, one which is now widely accepted. Although limited by his overly restrictive assumptions on information, 

hy is logic, usually thought of as a branch of philosophy, important to Austrian scholars, most of whom are economists and not philosophers? The aim of this paper is to sketch a number of reasons and draw some conclusions. 

A sizable number of examiners of Austrian economics have come to hold a mistaken view that Hoppe’s and Rothbard’s stances on the nature and status of the action axiom are fundamentally incompatible.

The praxeological method is an efficacious way to investigate the fundamental theoretical questions at the heart of any study of human endeavor. 

The author believes the evidence presented in this paper raises serious questions for Kirzner’s interpretation of Robbins’s Essay. Mises certainly treated Robbins’s book 

Our hope in publishing this symposium is to assist other instructors in teaching Austrian macroeconomics at the intermediate level and to inspire those who are inclined and equipped to contribute publications