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The Great Austrian Economists

The Great Austrian Economists

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THE GREAT

AUSTRIAN

ECONOMISTS

EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION
BY RANDALL G. HOLCOMBE

LUDWIG VON MISES INSTITUTE
AUBURN, ALABAMA

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COVER PHOTOGRAPHS

  1. Murray N. Rothbard

  2. Frank A. Fetter

  3. Frédéric Bastiat

  4. F.A. Hayek

  5. Murray Rothbard and Henry Hazlitt

  6. Ludwig von Mises

  7. F.A. Hayek and Ludwig von Mises

  8. Philip Wìcksteed

Contents

CONTENTS

Introduction: The Austrian School Past and Present
Randall G. Holcombe

  1.   Juan de Mariana: The Influence of the Spanish Scholastics
Jesús Huerta de Soto

  2.   Richard Cantillon: The Origin of Economic Theory
Mark Thornton

  3.   A.R.J. Turgot: Brief, Lucid, and Brilliant
Murray N. Rothbard

  4.   Jean-Baptiste Say: Neglected Champion of Laissez-Faire
Larry J. Sechrest

Dedication

The Ludwig von Mises Institute acknowledges with gratitude the generosity of all the donors who contributed to making Fifteen Great Austrian Economists possible, and thanks in particular:

James M. Rodney
Romill Foundation
Reed W. Mower

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Arthur Cinader
R.E. Fox†
Robert M. Hansen, M.D.
Edward W. Rehak

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Introduction: The Austrian School Past and Present

INTRODUCTION:

1. Juan de Mariana: The Influence of the Spanish Scholastics

1 JUAN DE MARIANA:
THE INFLUENCE OF THE SPANISH SCHOLASTICS JESÚS HUERTA DE SOTO

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Diego de Covarrubias (1512–1577), one of the Spanish Scholastics

2. Richard Cantillon: The Origin of Economic Theory

2 RICHARD CANTILLON1:

3. A.R.J. Turgot: Brief, Lucid, and Brilliant

3 A.R.J. TURGOT:
BRIEF, LUCID, AND BRILLIANT1 MURRAY N. ROTHBARD

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A.R.J. Turgot 1727–1781