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Subject(s)

• Austrian school of economics—History [Browse]

Series

• Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 24. [More in this series]
• Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 24 [More in this series]

Summary note

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 persp

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [170]-181) and index.

Language note

English

Contents

• Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; A particular interpretation of Menger; Confrontation with an a posteriori definition of marginalism; Bohm-Bawerk's 'greatest error'; From imputation to the proof of existence of general equilibrium; The 'Austrian' theory of cycles; Reappearance of the Mengerian essence; The limits of Austrian praxeology: Rothbard's line of thought; The theory of entrepreneur ship: Kirzner's line of thought; The extension of subjectivism to expectations: Lachmann's line of thought; Beyond theoretical nihilism
• Scope and limits of the Austrian analyses of institutions Conclusion: a plea for an opening up to institutionalist logic; Notes; Bibliography; Index

ISBN

• 1-134-64719-0
• 1-280-33529-7
• 0-203-01153-8
• 0-203-17032-6

OCLC

• 57016955
• 1000425835

Doi

• 10.4324/9780203011539

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