Austrian School of economics

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The Austrian School of economics is a heterodox economic tradition that emphasizes methodological individualism, subjective value, and the importance of entrepreneurial discovery and market processes, strongly associated with thinkers like Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich Hayek.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf economic school of thought
heterodox economics tradition
associatedWithConcept The Theory of Money and Credit
surface form: Austrian Business Cycle Theory

business cycle theory
catallactics
economic calculation problem
knowledge problem
spontaneous order
corePrinciple economic calculation
entrepreneurial discovery
marginalism
market process theory
methodological individualism
opportunity cost
praxeology
spontaneous order
subjective theory of value
time preference theory of interest
countryOfOrigin Austria
criticizes Keynesian economics
empiricist and positivist methodology in economics
neoclassical equilibrium models
emergedInCentury 19th century
emergedInDecade 1870s
emphasizes entrepreneurship
individual choice
role of knowledge in markets
role of prices as signals
subjective expectations
uncertainty in economic life
founder Carl Menger
hasSubSchool Hayekian knowledge and institutions tradition
Austrian School of economics self-linksurface differs
surface form: Misesian praxeological tradition

Rothbardian anarcho-capitalist strand
influenced classical liberalism
libertarianism
modern free-market policy debates
influencedBy Carl Menger
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
Friedrich Hayek
surface form: Friedrich August von Hayek

Friedrich von Wieser
Ludwig von Mises
institutionalSupport Austrian Economics Center
Friedrich Hayek
surface form: Friedrich A. von Hayek Gesellschaft

Mises Institute
methodology aprioristic reasoning
praxeology
notableFigure Carl Menger
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
Friedrich Hayek
surface form: Friedrich August von Hayek

Friedrich von Wieser
Hans-Hermann Hoppe
Israel Kirzner
Ludwig von Mises
Murray Rothbard
opposes central economic planning
comprehensive government intervention in markets
socialist economic calculation
originatedIn Vienna
supports free markets
laissez-faire capitalism
limited government
sound money
strong private property rights
viewOnBusinessCycles business cycles are caused by credit expansion
viewOnCapital capital is heterogeneous
viewOnEntrepreneur entrepreneur is central to market coordination
viewOnGovernment government intervention distorts price signals
viewOnInflation inflation is primarily a monetary phenomenon
viewOnInterest interest reflects time preference
viewOnMarkets markets are dynamic processes
viewOnMoney money emerges spontaneously from markets
viewOnPrices prices convey dispersed knowledge
viewOnValue value is subjective

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Prices and Production associatedWith Austrian School of economics
Omnipotent Government associatedWithSchool Austrian School of economics
Friedrich von Wieser describedBySource Austrian School of economics
this entity surface form: Austrian School literature
Friedrich Hayek economicSchool Austrian School of economics
this entity surface form: Austrian School
Hans-Hermann Hoppe fieldOfWork Austrian School of economics
this entity surface form: Austrian economics
Israel Kirzner fieldOfWork Austrian School of economics
Prices and Production genre Austrian School of economics
this entity surface form: Austrian School economics
George Mason University hasNotableFacultyArea Austrian School of economics
this entity surface form: Austrian economics
Austrian School of economics hasSubSchool Austrian School of economics self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Misesian praxeological tradition
Carl Menger influenced Austrian School of economics
this entity surface form: Austrian School economists
Epistemological Problems of Economics influenced Austrian School of economics
this entity surface form: Austrian School economists
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk influenced Austrian School of economics
this entity surface form: Austrian School economists
von Mises influenced Austrian School of economics
subject surface form: Ludwig von Mises
Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis influenced Austrian School of economics
this entity surface form: Austrian economics
The Theory of Money and Credit influenced Austrian School of economics
this entity surface form: Austrian School monetary economics
classical economics influenced Austrian School of economics
this entity surface form: Austrian School
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk influencedBy Austrian School of economics
Hans-Hermann Hoppe influencedBy Austrian School of economics
The Road to Serfdom influencedBy Austrian School of economics
The Use of Knowledge in Society influencedBy Austrian School of economics
Epistemological Problems of Economics mainSubject Austrian School of economics
Friedrich von Wieser memberOf Austrian School of economics
Hans Mayer memberOf Austrian School of economics
Carl Menger movement Austrian School of economics
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk movement Austrian School of economics
Friedrich Hayek movement Austrian School of economics
Friedrich von Wieser movement Austrian School of economics
Israel Kirzner movement Austrian School of economics
Joseph Schumpeter movement Austrian School of economics
Ludwig von Mises movement Austrian School of economics
von Mises movement Austrian School of economics
subject surface form: Ludwig von Mises
Margit von Mises movement Austrian School of economics
Murray Rothbard movement Austrian School of economics
Hans-Hermann Hoppe philosophicalSchool Austrian School of economics
this entity surface form: Austrian School
Human Action philosophicalSchool Austrian School of economics
this entity surface form: Austrian School
this entity surface form: Austrian School
The Use of Knowledge in Society relatedTo Austrian School of economics
this entity surface form: Austrian economics
The Theory of Money and Credit schoolOfThought Austrian School of economics
Hans Mayer schoolTradition Austrian School of economics
Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis subject Austrian School of economics