07/30/2014Quarterly Journal of Austrian EconomicsWilliam N. Butos
Garrison brings analytical distinctions between Austrian, Keynesian, and monetarist monetary-economics into sharp relief. This alone makes Time and Money a highly attractive alternative to advanced undergraduate
During the late nineteenth century, when silver agitation threatened the gold standard in the United States, gold bonds offered investors some protection from the uncertainties concerning the monetary standard in the United States.
Garrison has a vivid sense for the necessity of adequate pedagogy to communicate Austrian ideas about the working of the economy, and he is very conscious of the power of symbols.
What sets Austrians apart from mainstream economists is methodology and consequent analyses. The first section contains an analysis of their methods, which are found wanting.
07/30/2014Quarterly Journal of Austrian EconomicsJohn Brätland
In his 1997 book, Guns, Germs and Steel , Jared Diamond attributes the ascendancy and triumphs of certain societies to geographical and environmental advantages.