The Economics Of Ignorance And Coordination

Subjectivism and the Austrian School of Economics

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Autor(en)	Thierry Aimar	Verlag	Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
Sachgebiet(e)	Österreichische Schule, English Books	ISBN	978 1 84844 104 0
2009, 320 Seiten, Festeinband/Hardcover

This book clarifies the specific nature of the Austrian theory and restores the unity and open-mindedness of the Austrian school in general. The intention is not to offer a collection of different or parallel ideas, but rather to retrace, from a pedagogical and constructive perspective, the various stages of the construction of a well-founded theoretical edifice: from Ludwig von Mises to Murray Rothbard, from Friedrich Hayek to Israel M. Kirzner and from Lachmann to Lavoie. The book is a reconstitution of the way Austrian ideas and concepts organize themselves in a common structure.

Providing a clear distinction between economic analysis and doctrine, this in-depth and unified theoretical book will be valuable to postgraduate students and researchers of economics. It is a great introduction to major Austrian theories including money, the firm, cognitive psychology, comparative economic systems and economic information.

Contents:
Part I: Foundations Introduction

1. Mises and the Austrian Tradition

2. Praxeology, Axiomatic System of Economics

3. Action and Interpersonal Exchanges: The Limits of the A Priori Approach

Part II: Catallaxy, A Response to Ignorance

4. Market Formation

5. A World of Discovery

6. Tendency Towards Equilibrium

Part III: Applications and Debates

7. The Debate on Collectivism

8. Austrian Theory of the Business Cycle

9. Welfare Economics: Workable Definitions

Appendix: Schumpeter and the Austrian Tradition

General Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Source: Edward Elgar