Austrian Economics: Tensions and New Directions - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0792392620 ISBN 13 : 9780792392620

Editeur : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l'auteur

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).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0792392620
• ISBN 13: 9780792392620
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 298
• Éditeur: Caldwell Bruce J., Böhm Stephan
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