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Some background reading

Posted by John Humphreys on October 20, 2006

Understanding Real Business Cycles, by Charles I. Plosser (Journal of Economic Perspectives,Vol 3, No 3, 1989, pp51-77).

New Institutional Economics, by Peter Klein.

Austrian Monopoly Theory — A Critique (pdf), by Walter Block (Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol 1, No 4, 1977, pp271-279). Reviewed on 24 August 2005.

The Austrian Theory of the Business Cycle in the Light of Modern Macroeconomics, by Roger W. Garrison (The Review of Austrian Economics, Vol 3, 1989, pp3-29)

The Use of Knowledge in Society, by Freidrich Hayek (American Economic Review, XXXV, No 4, 1945, pp519-530).

Hidden Order: The economics of everyday life, by David Friedman. Reviewed on 9 May 2005.

Carl Menger: The Founder of the Austrian School, by Joseph T. Salerno (published by the Ludwig von Mises Institute). Reviewed on 30 April 2005.

One Response to “Some background reading”

  1. meika said

    So have you read Charles Stross’ Accelerando, its a fabulists attack on the Austrians, and a free download.

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