Market Theory and the Price System (The Collected Works of Israel M. Kirzner) (Volume 2)

ISBN: 0865977593

Author: Kirzner, Israel M.

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The second volume in Liberty Funds Collected Works of Israel M. Kirzner series, Market Theory and the Price System was published in 1963 as Kirzners first (and only) textbook. This volume presents an integrated view of Austrian price theory. The basic aim of Market Theory is to utilize the tools of economic reasoning to explain the market process. The unique framework Kirzner develops for microeconomic analysis, following Mises and Hayek, examines errors in decision-making, entrepreneurial profit, and competition as a process of discovery and learning.Israel M. Kirzner is a leading economist in the Austrian School and Professor Emeritus of Economics at New York University.Peter J. Boettke is University Professor of Economics and Philosophy at George Mason University and the BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism at the Mercatus Center.Frédéric Sautet is a visiting associate professor of economics at the Catholic University of America. Previously, he has taught at George Mason University, New York University, and the University of Paris Dauphine.