Philosophers of Capitalism Menger, Mises, Rand, and Beyond

by Younkins, Edward W.; Block, Walter; Bostaph, Samuel; Crespo, Ricardo F.; Herbener, Jeffrey M.; B. Johnsson, Richard C.; Machan, Tibor R.; Rasmussen, Douglas B.; Rothbard, Murray N.; Sciabarra, Chris Matthew; Sechrest, Larry J.; Smith, Barry; Zúñiga, Glori

• ISBN13: 9780739110775
• ISBN10: 0739110772
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-03
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

Philosophers of Capitalism provides an interdisciplinary approach, attempting to discover the feasibility of an integration of Austrian Economics and Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism. Edward W. Younkins supplies essays presenting the essential ideas of Carl Menger, Ludwig von Mises, and Ayn Rand, as well as scholarly essays discussing the theorists and the interaction of their theories.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction	1	(14)
Part I: Essential Ideas
1 Carl Menger's Austrian Aristotelianism	15	(34)
Edward W. Younkins
2 Misesian Praxeology as the Path to Progress	49	(32)
Edward W. Younkins
3 Ayn Rand's Philosophy for Living on Earth	81	(32)
Edward W. Younkins
Part II: Scholarly Perspectives
4 The Methodological Debate between Carl Menger and the German Historicists	113	(20)
Samuel Bostaph
5 Truth in Economic Subjectivism	133	(10)
Gloria L. Zúñiga
6 Ludwig von Mises and the Paradigm for Our Age	143	(12)
Murray N. Rothbard
7 Ludwig von Mises and the Austrian School of Economics	155	(18)
Jeffrey M. Herbener
8 Rand on Obligation and Value	173	(14)
Douglas B. Rasmussen
9 The Growing Industry in Ayn Rand Scholarship	187	(12)
Chris Matthew Sciabarra
10 Aristotle, Menger, Mises: An Essay in the Metaphysics of Economics	199	(24)
Barry Smith
11 The Libertarian Minimal State? A Critique of the Views of Nozick, Levin, and Rand	223	(16)
Walter Block
12 Austrian Subjectivism vs. Objectivism	239	(14)
Richard C.B. Johnsson
13 Reappraising Austrian Economics' Basic Tenets in the Light of Aristotelian Ideas	253	(24)
Ricardo F. Crespo
14 Praxeology, Economics, and Law: Issues and Implications	277	(22)
Larry J. Sechrest
15 Reason in Economics versus Ethics	299	(24)
Tibor R. Machan
Part III: The Future
16 Toward the Development of a Paradigm for a Free Society	323	(26)
Edward W. Younkins
Index	349	(20)
About the Editor	369	(2)
About the Contributors	371