With many of our readers having more time on their hands while practicing social distancing, the Mises Institute is exploring our online archives and offering topic-specific collections of curated content. This series, we are calling it the “Quarantine Chronicles: A Shelter-at-Home-Series,” will highlight essays, articles, and clips that may not be as widely known, but will provide a deep understanding of important concepts and history.
On the topic of the History of the Austrian School of Economics, we recommend some of the following selections:
Long-Form Reading:
- “Historical Setting of the Austrian School,” by Ludwig von Mises
- “Why Austrian Economists Tend to be Libertarians,” by Ralph Raico
- “The Rebirth of Austrian Economics—In Light of Austrian Economics,” by Joseph Salerno
Video:
Audio:
- “Fin de Siècle Economic Science“ | Chapter 4 of Mises: The Last Knight of Liberalism
- “The Birth of a Movement“ | Chapter 19 of Mises: The Last Knight of Liberalism
- “The Revival of the Austrian School: Mises and Rothbard“ | Joseph Salerno
