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This book offers a unique insight into the character of Austrian economics. This work also collects the recent work of the leading authorities in this area, and will be an indispensable tool for all those interested in the implications of Austrian approach on economics. The author also examines *the market economy *theories of Competition and Entrepreneurship *the Mises-Hayek legacy.

Title The driving force of the market : essays in Austrian economics / Israel M. Kirzner.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher London
New York : Routledge
Creation Date 2000
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content Book Cover
Title
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
The character of Austrian economics
Entrepreneurial discovery and the competitive market process: an Austrian approach
The subjectivism of Austrian economics
Subjectivism, freedom and economic law
The market process: some normative perspectives
The limits of the market: the real and the imagined
The ethics of competition
The nature of profits: some economic insights and their ethical implications
Coordination as a criterion for economic ~goodness~
Studies in the Mises
Hayek legacy
Reflections on the Misesian legacy in economics
Mises and his understanding of the capitalist system Hedgehog or fox? Hayek and the idea of plan-coordination
Studies in the theory of competition and entrepreneurship
Competition and the market process: some doctrinal milestones
The driving force of the market: the idea of ~competition~ in contemporary economic theory and in the Austrian theory of the market process
Creativity and/or alertness: a reconsideration of the Schumpeterian entrepreneur
Rationality, entrepreneurship, and economic ~imperialism~
Three obituaries
Ludwig von Mises
Friedrich A.von Hayek
Ludwig M.Lachmann
Index
Series Foundations of the market economy
Extent 1 online resource (308 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010702787205171
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