Godart-van der Kroon / Salerno The Austrian School of Economics in the 21st Century

Evolution and Impact
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-08502-4
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Contributions to Economics

This book provides an overview of the evolution and theories of the Austrian School of Economics and develops answers to current economic questions and the pressing problems of the 21st century from the Austrian perspective. Readers will learn about the fundamental ideas of the Austrian School, the current state of Austrian economics, and the intellectual figures and institutions that sustain it as a vibrant intellectual movement. International experts on Austrian economics cover topics such as the economic impact of pandemics, trade blocs, federalism and European integration, and the economic development of China. The book also discusses the influence of the Austrian School on modern economic thought and mainstream economics, as well as on policymakers. It will appeal to students and scholars of economics and to anyone interested in social and economic liberalism.

Zielgruppe

Graduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Godart-van der Kroon, Annette

Salerno, Joseph

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. A short introduction to the theories of the Austrian School.- Chapter 1. Emergence of Fundamental Liberalism in the Economics of the Austrian School after WWI: In the Case of Ludwig von Mises (Kiichiro Yagi).- Chapter 2. Capital and time - sources of innovation in the economic development. Austrian economics perspective (Robert Ciborowski).- Part II. History and the present situation.- Chapter 3. The present situation in the USA: Austrian Economics in the 21st Century (Peter Boettke).- Chapter 4. The Austrian School in the USA: Institutions and Entrepreneurship (Christopher J. Coyne).- Chapter 5. The present state of Austrian School of Economics in Europe (Mateusz Machaj).- Chapter 6. Austrian Economics in Japan: The Life and Legacy of Katsuichi Yamamoto (Hiroyuki Okon).- Part III The Austrian School. Finance in the 21st century.- Chapter 7. The Political Realities of the Austrian School: Experiences from Parliament, Central Banks and Global Institutions (Steve Baker).- Chapter 8. Monetary Policy after the Coronavirus Crisis: Ultralow Interest Rates (Arkadiusz Sieron).- Chapter 9. The Economic effects of pandemics (An Austrian Analysis) (Jesús Huerta de Soto).- Part IV. The Institutions.- Chapter 10. The Austrian Perspective of Political Integration: An Overview (Roland Vaubel).- Chapter 11. Hayekian federalism and European integration (Federico Ottavio Reho).- Part V. The future.- Chapter 12. A Passage to Asia: What the future of international trade partnerships can learn from the past (Carmen-Elena Dorobat).- Chapter 13. Does Chinese Economic Development fit the Austrian Perspective? (Erich Weede).- Chapter 14. Will the Antagonism Between the Mainstream Theories and The Theories of the Austrian School of Economics Continue to Exist in the Future or Will More Ideas of The Austrian School Be Incorporated in Mainstream Economics? (Philipp Bagus).

Über Autor(innen)

Annette Godart-van derKroon (LLM) is the President of the Ludwig von Mises Institute – Europe. She also possesses long-term experience as a civil affairs lawyer at the Courts of Roermond and Utrecht in the Netherlands (Brussels, Belgium). In 1996 she became a member of the Mont Pélerin Society, an influential society composed of Nobel Prize winning economists and other leading scholars. She is an author /editor of several books and she presented many articles at Universities such as the University of Athens, Erfurt, Maastricht, Heilbronn, Lviv and others. Joe Salerno is an American Austrian School economist, who is Professor Emeritus of Economics in the Finance and Graduate Economics departments at the Lubin School of Business at Pace University (USA). He is Academic Vice President of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, and holds the John V. Denson II Endowed Professorship in the economics department at Auburn University (USA). He earned his B.A.at Boston College and his M.A. and Ph.D. at Rutgers University. Salerno has published over 50 scholarly articles and books and is the editor of the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics . He is a recognized expert on monetary theory and policy, international monetary reform, and Austrian economics and has testified before the United States Congress on the topics of inflation and of reserve fractional reserve banking.