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Capital and Interest
Source: McMaster University
Author: Eugen von Bohm-Bawerk
City: Hamilton, Country: Canada

The Austrian Economists
Source: McMaster University
Author: Eugen von Bohm-Bawerk
City: Hamilton, Country: Canada

Bohm-Bawerk's comparison of Austrian economics and previous schools of economic thought.

Natural Value
Source: McMaster University
Author: Friedrich von Wieser
City: Hamilton, Country: Canada

Critiques the value theories of Smith and Ricardo, among others.

Why I Am Not an Austrian Economist
Source: George Mason University
Author: Bryan Caplan
Country: United States
E-mail: bdcaplan@princeton.edu

A libertarian economics professor argues that Austrians should "give up their quest for a paradigm shift and content themselves with sharing whatever valuable substantive contributions they have to offer with the rest of the economics profession."

The Austrian Economics Study Guide
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Country: United States
E-mail: mises@free-market.net

Study guide and very useful bibliography. It is a good introduction for the novice and a nice overview and research tool for anyone.

Ethics and economics: The philosophical foundations of the Austrian School of economics
Source: Acton Institute
Author: Gregory M. A. Gronbacher, Ph.D
Country: United States

The author "seeks to briefly explore the general connections between Austrian economics and Catholic social thought, and to highlight one particular historical connection between the two traditions." (11/95)

Economic Science and the Austrian Method
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Author: Hans-Herman Hoppe
Country: United States

"In this extraordinary essay, Hans-Hermann Hoppe extends the argument of Ludwig von Mises that the methods associated with natural sciences cannot be successfully appropriated for economic theory." -- Lew Rockwell

No third way: Hayek and the recovery of freedom
Source: Centre for Independent Studies/Policy
Country: Australia

Modern advocates of the "third way" between freedom and statism were rebutted before they were born by the work of F.A. Hayek. (Adobe Acrobat plugin required) (Winter, 1999)

Economic personalism: A new paradigm for a humane economy
Source: Acton Institute
Author: Gregory M.A. Gronbacher
Country: United States

"Economic personalism, Gregory Gronbacher proposes, is 'a science of the morality of markets.' It draws on the path-breaking work of those thinkers who regard the original inspiration of economics as preeminently a field of moral philosophy." (2000)

Economic calculation in the socialist commonwealth
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Author: Ludwig von Mises
Country: United States

"Mises's seminal 1921 essay that debunked socialism and set off decades of debate." (1921)

Middle-of-the-road policy leads to socialism
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Author: Ludwig von Mises
Country: United States

In this famous speech, Mises argues against the "mixed economy." He explains why one government intervention always leads to another. (1950)

Meaning and human action
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Author: Gene Callahan
Country: United States

The author responds to a paper by Vernon Smith, who he believes misunderstands key points of Ludwig von Mises epistemology. (5/10/00)

The historical setting of the Austrian School of economics
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Author: Ludwig von Mises
Country: United States

Ludwig von Mises places the Austrian school in its historical context, outlining its evolution and its clashes with German approaches.

Economic science and the Austrian method
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Author: Hans-Herman Hoppe
Country: United States

The author defends deductivism against opponents who support the application of the natural science approaches of empiricism and positivism to economics. (1995)

Freedom, inequality, primitivism, and the division of labor
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Author: Murray Rothbard
Country: United States

Contrary to statist claims, the division of labor is a positive outgrowth of freedom and economic progress. (1970)

The philosophical origins of Austrian economics
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Author: David Gordon
Country: United States

A powerful overview of the fundamental ideas that form the basis of the Austrian school of economics. (1996)

Inequality of wealth and incomes
Source: CIS/Policy
Author: Ludwig von Mises
Country: United States

In this classic essay, von Mises argued that people who fret about income inequality miss the point -- such inequality is essential in a free economy. (Adobe Acrobat) (1955)

The case of David Friedman
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Author: Robert P. Murphy
Country: United States

The author takes David Friedman to task over mistaken economic assumptions and resulting conclusions. (8/10/00)

Boom and bust
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Author: Gene Callahan
Country: United States

Callahan lays out the Austrian School theory on the business cycle. (8/10/00)

Weaver of liberty
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Author: Joseph R. Stromberg
Country: United States

"Attachment to tradition and attachment to free-market sensibilities are often thought to be in conflict. What, then, are we to make of traditionalist Richard M. Weaver’s recommendation, in a newly published collection of essays, that the works of Ludwig von Mises be a staple of a good university education?" (03/06/01)

Business cycle primer
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Author: Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
Country: United States

What causes an economic downturn? The business press keeps getting it painfully wrong, so Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. sets them right with an explanation of the role played by the money supply. (02/08/01)

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