Responding to Bryan Caplan’s Continued Critique of the Austrians

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11/30/2024 Robert P. Murphy

In 1997, Bryan Caplan wrote an essay explaining why he was no longer a self-described Austrian. Recently, a reader asked him to comment on that essay. Bob reacts to Bryan’s current views, arguing that the history of economic thought is indeed important, and the Misesian approach to praxeology is crucial.

Bryan Caplan’s Recent Article: Mises.org/HAP476a
Bryan Caplan’s “Why I Am Not an Austrian Economist”: Mises.org/HAP476b
Hoppe’s Economic Science and the Austrian Method: Mises.org/HAP476c
Bob’s Cambridge University Press Article on Böhm-Bawerk’s Critiques: Mises.org/HAP476d
A Modern Guide to Austrian Economics: Mises.org/HAP476e
Bob and David Freidman, “The Chicago Vs. Austrian School Debate”: Mises.org/HAP476f

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