Quarantine Chronicles, No. 2: Praxeology

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 praxeology, we recommend some of the following selections:

Long Reads:

• “The Mantle of Science,” by Murray Rothbard (from Economic Controversies)
• “Praxeology as the Method of the Social Sciences” (from Economic Controversies)
• “The Fight Against Error” (from Human Action)
• “Economics and the Revolt Against Reason” (from Human Action)
• “Praxeology and Understanding: An Analysis of the Controversy in Austrian Economics,” by George Selgin
• Economic Science and the Austrian Method, by Hans-Hermann Hoppe

Video:

• “Praxeology: The Austrian Method” (Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Mises U, 2009)

Audio:

• “Human Action” (Robert Murphy, Mises Boot Camp)
• “A Treatise on Economics” (Mises: The Last Knight of Liberalism, by Guido Hulsmann)
• “Entrepreneurial Super-Intelligence: Praxeology in the Age of A.I.” (Hunter Hastings, Mises Weekends, AERC)