Looking for Introductory Materials on Austrian Business Cycle Theory?

Michael Pollaro, Mark Thornton, and I went looking for some good introductory materials to help newcomers understand Austrian Business Cycle Theory.

Pollaro posted this helpful article over at Forbes, noting:

Indeed, we would say that without ABCT investors are at a competitive disadvantage, for it is only through ABCT that one can truly understand what is underpinning the economies and financial markets of today.

And he links to several resources including this journal article by Joseph Salerno, and this very easy breakdown by John Cochran.

There are many other resources, Mark and I might point you to as well.

For starters, there is Rothbard’s Economic Depressions: Their Cause and Cure, and Richard Ebeling’s collection of essays, including works by Hayek, Mises and Garrison.

Other resources include:

• This survey of ABCT on the Mises Wiki.
• Manipulating the Interest Rate: a Recipe for Disaster by Thorsten Polleit
• Austrian Business Cycle Theory: A Brief Explanation by Dan Mahoney

And several videos including:

• Austrian Business Cycle Theory | Tom Woods
• The Mises View: “The Fed Distorts Everything” | Jeff Deist
• Micro-documentary: Boom And Bust Cycles Are Created By Central Banks
• “Fear the Boom and Bust” a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem