L. Albert Hahn

Articles

05/08/2009 Articles of Interest L. Albert Hahn

A famous Norwegian dramatist has said: a theory lasts for thirty years. If this is true, then the year 1966 would be not only the thirtieth year since the birth of Keynes’ General Theory of Employment...

Common Sense Beats Keynesian Sense

04/12/2010 Mises Daily L. Albert Hahn

It is a regrettable fact that most of what is written nowadays in our field moves in such esoteric spheres and uses such technical language that it can no longer be read or understood even by a businessman interested in economic theory.

Keynesians Can’t Predict

07/28/2009 Mises Daily L. Albert Hahn

If you take the trouble to interrogate a large number of economists about the economic future of the country you will find that an overwhelming majority argues in the following way: In about two years...

Publications

The Economics of Illusion

02/15/1949 L. Albert Hahn

L. Albert Hahn was one of the most highly regarded economists and bankers in Germany before World War II, but he was unknown in the United States until this translation of The Economics of Illusion appeared in 1949. He immigrated to the United States

Common Sense Economics

01/28/1956 L. Albert Hahn

Professor Hahn, one of the greatest but least known Austrian economists of his generation, offers a fantastic refutation of Keynesian macroeconomics, including its wild obsession with effective demand, and also a systematic presentation of the

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