The essence of Austrian economics is based on the analysis of individual action. In other words, it is about individuals doing things, having purposes and goals and pursuing them. Other schools of economics deal with aggregates, groups, classes, wholes of one sort or another, without focusing on the individual first and building up from there.
Originally published as chapter 16 in An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Vol. I
Hans Hoppe explains why cities exist and how governments destroy them through interventionist politics.
In a dark hour of Mises's life, there was a glimmer of light: an invitation from New York University to speak about the contributions he had made to economic thought. The address was given in 1940, nine years before Human Action appeared on the scene.
The marketplace is a wonderful place, writes Chris Westley, except when it's MarketPlace, that public radio program that airs mornings and evenings.
Recorded at the Mises Institute, 7–8 October 2005.
Recorded at the Mises Institute, 7–8 October 2005.
Recorded at the Mises Institute, 7–8 October 2005.
Recorded at the Mises Institute, 7–8 October 2005.
