An Austrian Perspective On The History Of Economic Thought Classical Economics

Author : Murray Rothbard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 572 pages
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Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1480128031

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Economic Thought Before Adam Smith by Murray Rothbard Pdf

LARGE PRINT EDITION! More at LargePrintLiberty.com Here is the last masterpiece by Murray N. Rothbard (1926-1995), the result of a lifetime of research and his crowning achievement.This volume is the most extensive treatment from a modern Austrian perspective of the history of economic thought up to Adam Smith and, as such, takes into account the profound influences of religious, social, and political thought upon economics.Murray Rothbard traces economic ideas from ancient sources and shows that laissez-faire liberalism and economic thought itself began with the scholastics and early Roman and canon law. The scholastics, he argues, established and developed the subjective utility and scarcity theory of value, as well as the theory that prices, or the value of money, depend on its supply and demand.The Continental, or "pre-Austrian" tradition, was destroyed, rather than developed, by Adam Smith whose strong Calvinist tendencies toward glorifying labor, toil, and thrift is contrasted with emphasis in scholastic economic thought towards labor in the service of consumption.Tracing economic thought from the Greeks to the Scottish enlightenment, this book is notable for its inclusion of all of the important figures in each school of thought with their theories assessed in historical context.

Author : Murray Newton Rothbard
Publisher : Ludwig von Mises Institute
Page : 1120 pages
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Release : 2024-06-25
Category : Austrian school of economics
ISBN : 9781610164771

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An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought by Murray Newton Rothbard Pdf

Author : Murray Rothbard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 544 pages
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Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 148012804X

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Classical Economics by Murray Rothbard Pdf

LARGE PRINT EDITION! More at LargePrintLiberty.com Here is the last masterpiece by Murray N. Rothbard (1926-1995), the result of a lifetime of research and his crowning achievement.This volume is the first comprehensive treatment of classical economics from a modern Austrian perspective, an important history of nineteenth-century economic thought that discusses the key members of each school and reassesses their work.Professor Rothbard's approach offers new perspectives on both Ricardo and Say and their followers. He suggests that Ricardianism declined after 1820 and was only revived with the work of John Stuart Mill. The book also resurrects the important Anglo-Irish school of thought at Trinity College, Dublin under Archbishop Richard Whatley. Later chapters focus on the roots of Karl Marx and the nature of his doctrines, and laissez-faire thought in France including the work of Frederic Bastiat.Also included is a comprehensive treatment of the bullionist versus the anti-bullionist and the currency versus banking school controversies in the first half of the nineteenth century, and their influence outside Great Britain.

Author : Murray Newton Rothbard
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105010515570

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An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought: Economic thought before Adam Smith by Murray Newton Rothbard Pdf

This is the first extensive treatment from a modern Austrian perspective of the history of economic thought up to Adam Smith and as such takes into account the profound influence of religious, social and political thought upon economics. In Economic Thought before Adam Smith, Murray Rothbard contends that laissez-faire liberalism and economic thought itself began with the Catholic scholastics and early Roman and canon law, rather than with Adam Smith. The scholastics, he argues, established and developed the subjective utility and scarcity theory of value, as well as the theory that prices, or the value of money, depend on its supply and demand. This continental, or 'pre-Austrian' tradition, was destroyed, rather than developed, by Adam Smith whose strong Calvinist tendencies towards glorifying labour, toil and thrift is contrasted with the emphasis in Scholastic economic thought towards labour in the service of consumption. Tracing economic thought from the Greeks to the Scottish Enlightenment, this book is notable for its inclusion of all the important figures in each school of thought with their theories assessed in historical context. Classical Economics, the second volume of Professor Rothbard's history of economic thought from an Austrian perspective, is also available.

Author : Murray Newton Rothbard
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105010515588

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An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought: Classical economics by Murray Newton Rothbard Pdf

This history of 19th-century economic thought discusses the key members of each classical school and reassesses their work. The author suggests that Ricardism declined after 1830 and was only revived with the work of John Stuart Mill. The book also resurrects the important Anglo-Irish school of thought at Trinity College, Dublin under Archbishop Richard Whately. Later chapters focus on the roots of Karl Marx and the nature of his doctrines, and laissez-faire thought in France, including the work of Frederic Bastiat. Also included is a treatment of the Bullionist versus anti-Bullionist and the Currency versus Banking School controversies in the first half of the 19th century, and their influence outside Great Britain.

Author : Steven Kates
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781786433572

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Classical Economic Theory and the Modern Economy by Steven Kates Pdf

Economic theory reached its zenith of analytical power and depth of understanding in the middle of the nineteenth century among John Stuart Mill and his contemporaries. This book explains what took place in the ensuing Marginal Revolution and Keynesian Revolution that left economists less able to understand how economies operate. It explores the false mythology that has obscured the arguments of classical economists, providing a pathway into the theory they developed.

Author : Randall G. Holcombe
Publisher : Ludwig von Mises Institute
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Austrian school of economics
ISBN : 9781610164399

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Great Austrian Economists, The by Randall G. Holcombe Pdf

Author : Klaus Hennings,Warren J. Samuels
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789400921818

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Neoclassical Economic Theory, 1870 to 1930 by Klaus Hennings,Warren J. Samuels Pdf

Warren J. Samuels Each book in this series explores the present status of its field in terms of where it is, how it got there, the existing tensions within the field, and something of how the field might develop in the future. Each book presumes that work in each field is neither settled nor unequivocal. Each book attempts to comprehend its field as an evolving, developmental process or set or efforts. This particular book, covering neoclassical economics, is the third of three in the field of the History of Economic Thought. The others are Pre-Classical Economic Thought, edited by S. Todd Lowry, and Classical Political Economy, edited by William O. Thweatt. Each one conducts the same kind of analysis as the others in the series, with the understanding that here we are dealing with the history of interpretation, rather than a substantive body of analysis of a certain aspect of the economy: for example, labor or international trade. (That understanding must be com plex and subtle, inasmuch as revision of interpretation of earlier ideas is part of the process-both cause and consequence-of re-analyzing the economy. ) In this group we are interested in how recent and contemporary writers have interpreted the history of economic thought differently, both among themselves and from earlier writers. 1 NEOCLASSICAL ECONOMIC lHEORY 2 Several topics must be discussed to place such work in perspective, in part as it is here applied to the history of the interpretation of neoclassical economics.

Author : Israel M. Kirzner
Publisher : Ludwig von Mises Institute
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Economics
ISBN : 9781610162821

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Economic Point of View by Israel M. Kirzner Pdf

Author : Murray N. Rothbard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:695161552

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An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought by Murray N. Rothbard Pdf

Author : Bruce J. Caldwell,Stephan Böhm
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789401121866

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Austrian Economics: Tensions and New Directions by Bruce J. Caldwell,Stephan Böhm Pdf

When we first invited the group of distinguished scholars represented here to contribute to a new volume on Austrian economics, four themes were stressed: tensions, new directions, selectivity, and criticism. In this brief introduction we will explain why those themes were emphasized and thereby shed light on our intentions and aspirations for the volume. The subtitle "Tensions and New Directions" indicates clearly the intent of the volume desired. If we take the 1871 publication of Carl Menger's Principles of Economics (Grundsiitze der Volkswirthschaftslehre) as mark ing its birth, the Austrian tradition is now well over one hundred years old. The origins of the so-called "Austrian Revival" are more difficult to pinpoint precisely, but many would accept two decades as a reasonable estimate of its lifespan. In any case, since the mid-1970s several collections of articles written by Austrians have been published. The intent of these collections appeared to be to educate, persuade, and inspire various audiences. Uninformed readers needed to be told about the specifics of the Austrian position, to be shown how it differed from and improved upon its rivals. The initiated needed to be reassured that their commitment to a novel program was justified. As such, much of the recent Austrian literature has consisted either of exegetical accounts of the views of past figures, or of critical assessments of the positions of alternative research programs in economics from an Austrian perspective.

Author : Stephan Boehm
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781843765622

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Is There Progress in Economics? by Stephan Boehm Pdf

Is There Progress in Economics? should be given relatively high marks. First, the quality of the papers is quite high, and second, the editors did a relatively good job of selecting, arranging and editing the contributions so that the volume really does focus on the question in its title. The editors introduction also contributes to the overall effect by attempting to tie all of the papers together into a reasonably tight bundle. D. Wade Hands, Economic Record This thought-provoking book discusses the concept of progress in economics and investigates whether any advance has been made in its different spheres of research. The authors look back at the history, successes and failures of their respective fields and thoroughly examine the notion of progress from an epistemological and methodological perspective. The idea of progress is particularly significant as the authors regard it as an essentially contested concept which can be defined in many ways theoretically or empirically; locally or globally; or as encouraging or impeding the existence of other research traditions. The authors discuss the idea that for progress to make any sense there must be an accumulation of knowledge built up over time rather than the replacement of ideas by each successive generation. Accordingly, they are not concerned with estimating the price of progress, reminiscing in the past, or assessing what has been lost. Instead they apply the complex mechanisms and machinery of the discipline to sub-fields such as normative economics, monetary economics, trade and location theory, Austrian economics and classical economics to critically assess whether progress has been made in these areas of research. Bringing together authoritative and wide-ranging contributions by leading scholars, this book will challenge and engage those interested in philosophy, economic methodology and the history of economic thought. It will also appeal to economists in general who are interested in the advancement of their profession.

Author : Gilles Campagnolo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134098590

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Criticisms of Classical Political Economy by Gilles Campagnolo Pdf

The role of the German Historical School and of Carl Menger (founder of the Austrian School) is appraised in this new book. This important period of the history of economics is vital to understand how the discipline developed over the next half-century. Gilles Campagnolo has produced an impressive original work which makes use of rarely seen research by Carl Menger and as such this book will be of interest across several discplines, including history of economic thought, economic methodology, philosophy of science and the history of ideas.

Author : Murray N. Rothbard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:902545829

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Classical Economics by Murray N. Rothbard Pdf

Author : Sandye Gloria-Palermo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2002-01-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134647194

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Evolution of Austrian Economics by Sandye Gloria-Palermo Pdf

This book argues, against the dominant orthodoxy in the history of economic thought, for the originality of Carl Menger's contribution to the development of the Austrian school of economics. Situating the evolution of Menger's thought in the tradition of classical political economy, the author documents the emergence of a Mengerian logic and its contribution to the formation of a distinctly Austrian tradition of economics. In its bold elucidation of the shaping of a tradition in economic thought, Tradition and Innovation in Austrian Economics provides a fresh and challenging perspective on the Austrian school which will be of interest to researchers in Austrian economics and the history of economic thought.