Ludwig von Mises’s contributions to the development of the technical methods and apparatus of monetary theory continue to be neglected today, despite the fact that Mises succeeded exactly eight decades ago, while barely out of his twenties, in a task that still admittedly defies the best efforts of the most eminent of modern monetary theorists,
Austrian economics emerged in rebellion against skepticism. The predominant economic doctrine in continental Europe at the time of its founding, that championed by the German historical school under Gustav Schmoller, rejected the idea of an economic science devoted to the explanation of market phenomena in terms of exact and universal laws. It
[From The Review of Austrian Economics 9 (2), 1996, pp. 43-58.] The very term “public utility” is an absurd one. Every good is useful “to the public,” and almost every good may be considered “necessary.” Any designation of a few industries as “public utilities” is completely arbitrary and unjustified. — Murray Rothbard, Power and Market Most
On March 1, 1933, Friedrich A. von Hayek delivered an inaugural lecture at the London School of Economics. The lecture was published two months later in Economica under the title “The Trend of Economic Thinking.” In the paper, Hayek despairs over the direction of current “public opinion,” which favored increasing state intervention in the economy.
Banks under a free-banking system, like banks with fractional reserves under any other system, are susceptible to runs. Free-banking theorists maintain that the option clause would be one effective means of dealing with runs on banks. The option clause, printed on banknotes, would allow banks to defer redemption of their notes provided they pay
From the Review of Austrian Economics Vol. 9, No. 1, 1996.
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