Assessing Austrian economics. Vol. 24 / edited by Daniel J. D'Amico and Adam G. Martin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

D'Amico, Daniel J., editor.

Martin, Adam G., editor.

Series:

Advances in Austrian economics ; 1529-2134 vol. 24.

Advances in Austrian economics, 1529-2134 ; volume 24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Austria.

Economics.

Austrian school of economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, United Kingdom : Emerald Publishing Limited, [2019]

Summary:

The modern school of Austrian economics took shape in the 1970s, and reflects the social science questions of its time. Is it still relevant today, considering that the theories that drive contemporary social science have evolved dramatically over the past few decades? While Austrian concerns such as property rights and imperfect cognition have become more common, other aspects of the Austrian thought are even more idiosyncratic than ever.In the ten chapters included here, leading economists explore whether Austrian economics still has unique insights to offer the world of today. Starting with Peter Boettke's lead essay, “What is Wrong with Austrian Economics?”, chapters include an array of perspectives responding to this question, ranging from economics, to intellectual history, to political science, and to philosophy. At the end of the volume, Boettke offers a rejoinder, asking, “What is Right About Austrian Economics?”Together, these essays explore the barriers to the spread of Austrian ideas, ask which disciplines might be receptive to them, examine the role of ideology and funding in helping and hindering the school, and consider the advantages and disadvantages of different strategies for expanding engagement with other scholars.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright page

Contents

Introduction: Assessing Austrian Economics

References

CHAPTER 1: What Is Still Wrong with the Austrian School of Economics?

1. Introduction

2. Scientific Progress and Horizontal Relationships

3. The Austrian School from 1950 to Today

4. Alternative Discourse Communities

5. Conclusion

CHAPTER 2: What's Still Right With the Austrian School of Economics: A Comment on Boettke

CHAPTER 3: Diversity in the Moral Sciences

1. An Integrationist Proposal

2. Diverse Categorizations Versus the pull of integration

2.2. Uptake and Plausibility

3. Diversity and the Price of Lunch

3.2. You Usually Don't Get a Free Lunch

4. The Fundamental Diversity Dilemma

5. The Price of Sitting at the Lunch Table

CHAPTER 4: Austrian School Identity and Unavoidable Trade-offs in its Long-term Progress

CHAPTER 5: A View from Europe: Austrian Economics, Civil Society,

1. A Living But Embattled Research Program

2. A More Complicated History

3. Why History Matters

4. Matters of Organization

5. The Rise and Fall of a Neighboring Research Program and the PPE Lesson

6. Outlook

CHAPTER 6: On the Status of Austrian Economics

2. Natural Dialogical Partners

3. The Marketplace of Ideas

CHAPTER 7: Why are There no Austrian Social Democrats?

1. Why There Can Be No Austrian Socialists: The Mises-Hayek Critique of Socialist Central Planning

2. The Recruitment of Classical Liberals and Libertarians Into Austrian Ranks

3. Universal Axioms, The Laws of Logic, and Free Market Conclusions

4. Radical Subjectivism, Social Welfare, and Public Policy

5. Can Austrians Really Be Social Democrats?.

6. An Austrian Research Agenda in Applied Political Economy

CHAPTER 8: Austrian Economics is Still Not Institutional Enough

1. Two Strategies That Focus on Institutions

2. Austrian Economics and Institutions

3. The Historical Specificity of Institutions

4. Capital, Capitalism, and Economic Calculation

CHAPTER 9: Austrian Economics: A Tale of Lost Opportunities

2. The Lost Opportunities: A Counterfactual History

3. Losing Opportunities: The Actual History

3.1. The Wrong Turning

3.2. The Modern Austrian Revival

4. Conclusions

CHAPTER 10: What is Right About Austrian Economics?

1. Human Sciences

2. Publicly Engaged

3. Humility

4. Practical

5. Evolutionary Potential

6. Conclusion

References.

ISBN:

9781789739374

1789739373

9781789739350

1789739357