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Economics. The Austrian school is a heterodox [1] [2] [3] school of economic thought that advocates strict adherence to methodological individualism, the concept that social phenomena result primarily from the motivations and actions of individuals along with their self interest.
Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises [ n 1] ( German: [ˈluːtvɪç fɔn ˈmiːzəs]; 29 September 1881 – 10 October 1973) was an Austrian–American historian, logician, sociologist, and economist of the Austrian School. Mises wrote and lectured extensively on the societal contributions of classical liberalism and the power of consumers. [ 1]
Carl Menger von Wolfensgrün [2] ( / ˈmɛŋɡər /; German: [ˈmɛŋɐ]; 28 February 1840 [3] – 26 February 1921) was an Austrian economist and the founder of the Austrian School of economics. Menger contributed to the development of the theories of marginalism and marginal utility, [4] which rejected cost-of-production theory of value, such ...
Eugen Ritter von Böhm-Bawerk (German: [bøːm ˈbaːvɛʁk]; born Eugen Böhm, 12 February 1851 – 27 August 1914) was an economist from Austria-Hungary who made important contributions to the development of macroeconomics and to the Austrian School of Economics. He served intermittently as the Austrian Minister of Finance between 1895 and 1904.
The economy of Austria is a highly developed social market economy, with the country being one of the fourteen richest in the world in terms of GDP ( gross domestic product) per capita. [19] Until the 1980s, many of Austria 's largest industry firms were nationalised. In recent years, privatisation has reduced state holdings to a level ...
Notes. Carl Menger. 1840. 1921. Austrian. Jagiellonian University. Founder of the Austrian School of economics, famous for contributing to the development of the theory of marginal utility, which contested the cost-of-production theories of value, developed by the classical economists such as Adam Smith and David Ricardo . Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk.
Peter Joseph Boettke (/ ˈ b ɛ t k i /; born January 3, 1960) is an American economist of the Austrian School.He is currently a professor of economics and philosophy at George Mason University; the BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism, vice president for research, and director of the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at GMU.
The Austrian business cycle theory (ABCT) is an economic theory developed by the Austrian School of economics about how business cycles occur. The theory views business cycles as the consequence of excessive growth in bank credit due to artificially low interest rates set by a central bank or fractional reserve banks. [1]