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Austrian economics and the political economy of freedom / Richard M. Ebeling

By: Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: New thinking in political economy | Edward Elgar E-Book ArchivePublisher: Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass : Edward Elgar Pub, 2003Description: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 285 p)ISBN:
  • 9781781950098
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 1840649402 | 9781840649406 (hardback) | Erscheint auch als: 9781840649406 (hardback) Druck-Ausgabe | Elektronische Reproduktion von: Austrian economics and the political economy of freedom. Cheltenham [u.a.] : Elgar Publ., 2003. IX, 285 SDDC classification:
  • 330.15/7 21
RVK: RVK: QE 400LOC classification:
  • HB98
DOI: DOI: 10.4337/9781781950098Online resources: Summary: Richard Ebeling's insightful and highly readable book explains and applies the ideas of the Austrian economists to a wide range of contemporary public policy issues. He combines intellectual political-economic history with the modern Austrian theory of the market process to challenge the premises and uses of mainstream neoclassical economicsSummary: 1. How economics became the dismal science : the classical economists and 20th century economics -- 2. The significance of Austrian economics in 20th century economic thought -- 3. A rational economist in an irrational age : Ludwig von Mises -- 4. Economic calculation under Socialism : Ludwig von Mises and his predecessors -- 5. Ludwig von Mises and the gold standard -- 6. Classical liberalism and collectivism in the 20th century -- 7. The political myths and economic realities of the welfare state -- 8. The free market and the interventionist state : the political economy of public policy -- 9. The limits of economic policy : the Austrian economists and the German ORDO liberals -- 10. The global economy and classical liberalism : past, present and futurePPN: PPN: 1023434377Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-EWE
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