Economics

Austrian Economics and the Methodological Foundations of a Free Society

ABSTRACT

This colloquium explored the contributions of the Austrian School of Economics to our understanding of a free society, and it also probed differences among leading proponents of that school.

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What Should Economists Do?

by By James M. Buchanan
Preface by Geoffrey Brennan and Robert D. Tollison

This volume is a collection of sixteen essays on three general topics: the methodology of economics, the applicability of economic reasoning to political science and other social sciences, and the relevance of economics as moral philosophy. Several essays are published here for the first time, including “Professor Alchian on Economic…

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Additional Readings

Friedman, Milton. Essays in Positive Economics. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1953. http://www.socjologia.amu.edu.pl/isoc/userfiles/40/friedman-1953.pdf (accessed ).

Gray, John. Hayek on Liberty. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1984.

Hayek, F. A. The Counter-Revolution of Science: Studies on the Abuse of Reason. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, Inc., 1979.

Hoppe, Hans-Hermann, “Commentary on Radnitzky” In Values and the Social Order I, edited by Gerard Radnitzky and Hardy Bouillon, 179-181. Aldershot: Ashgate, 1995.

Kirzner, Israel. The Economic Point of View. Kansas City: Institute for Humane Studies, 1976.

Menger, Carl. Principles of Economics. New York: Institute for Humane Studies, 1976.

Mises, Ludwig von. Human Action: A Treatise on Economics, Volume 1. Edited by Bettina Bien Greaves. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2007.

Radnitzky, Gerard, “Reply to Hoppe – on apriorism in Austrian Economics” In Values and the Social Order I, edited by Gerard Radnitzky and Hardy Bouillon, 189-194. Aldershot: Ashgate, 1995.

Raico, Ralph, “Classical Liberalism and the Austrian School” In Classical Liberalism and the Austrian School, Las Vegas: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2012. 13-18.

Raico, Ralph, “Classical Liberalism and the Austrian School” In Classical Liberalism and the Austrian School, Las Vegas: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2012. 1-12, 19-46. http://library.mises.org/books/Ralph%20Raico/Classical%20Liberalism%20and%20the%20Austrian%20School.pdf (accessed ).