Overview
- Editors:
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Bruce J. Caldwell
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Department of Economics Joseph M. Bryan School of Business and Economics, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, USA
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Stephan Boehm
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Faculty of Social and Economics Studies Institute of Economics, Karl-Franzens University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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- Stephan Boehm, Mark Blaug
Pages 1-34
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- Uskali Mäki, Bruce J. Caldwell
Pages 35-65
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- Martin Ricketts, Israel M. Kirzner
Pages 67-102
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- Jeremy Shearmur, Peter E. Earl
Pages 103-135
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- Brian J. Loasby, Christopher Torr
Pages 137-164
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- Richard N. Langlois, Geoffrey M. Hodgson
Pages 165-192
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- Alan P. Hamlin, Robert Sugden
Pages 193-214
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Back Matter
Pages 269-283
About this book
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.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Economics Joseph M. Bryan School of Business and Economics, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, USA
Bruce J. Caldwell
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Faculty of Social and Economics Studies Institute of Economics, Karl-Franzens University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Stephan Boehm
About the editors
Rudolf Boehm (Berlin 1927) schrieb u.a. Das Grundlegende und das Wesentliche (1965, auch auf französisch), eine Kritik der Grundlagen des Zeitalters (1974, auch auf niederländisch und auf französisch) und eine Tragik (2001).
