Austrian Economics: Tensions and New Directions

1992
ISBN: 978-0-7923-9262-0
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 30, 283 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1330 g

Reihe: Recent Economic Thought

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Böhm, Stephan

Caldwell, Bruce J.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Mikroökonomie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftswachstum

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Austrian Economics Between the Wars: Some Historiographical Problems.- 2 The Market as an Isolated Causal Process: A Metaphysical Ground for Realism.- 3 Kirzner’s Theory of Entrepreneurship—A Critique Martin Ricketts.- 4 Subjectivism, Explanation and the Austrian Tradition.- 5 Market Co-ordination.- 6 Orders and Organizations: Toward an Austrian Theory of Social Institutions.- 7 On the Possibility of Austrian Welfare Economics.- 8 Turning Austrian Economics into an Evolutionary Theory.- 9 Afterword: Austrian Economics for the Twenty-First Century.- 10 Afterword: Appraising Austrian Economics: Contentions and Misdirections.

Über Autor(innen)

(Berlin 1927) schrieb u.a. (1965, auch auf französisch), eine (1974, auch auf niederländisch und auf französisch) und eine (2001).