Political Economy, Public Policy and Monetary Economics: Ludwig von Mises and the Austrian Tradition

by Ebeling; Richard M.

• ISBN13: 9780415779517
• ISBN10: 0415779510
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-02-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

As a defender of free-market liberalism and a leading opponent of socialism, this volume places Ludwig von Mises' views on political economy, public policy and monetary economics in the historical context of his time.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Austrian economics and the political economy of freedom	p. 11
Ludwig von Mises: political economist of liberty	p. 22
Ludwig von Mises and the Vienna of his time	p. 36
Austria-Hungary's economic policies in the twilight of the "liberal" era: Ludwig von Mises' writings on monetary and fiscal policy before World War I	p. 57
The economist as the historian of decline: Ludwig von Mises and Austria between the two World Wars	p. 88
Planning for freedom: Ludwig von Mises as political economist and policy analyst	p. 141
The Austrian economists and the Keynesian revolution: the Great Depression and the economics of the short run	p. 203
Two variations on the Austrian monetary theme: Ludwig von Mises and Joseph A. Schumpeter on the business cycle	p. 273
Money, economic fluctuations, expectations and period analysis: the Austrian and Swedish economists in the interwar period	p. 302
Human action, ideal types, and the market process: Alfred Schutz and the Austrian economists	p. 332
Index	p. 348
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