ABSTRACT
This collection of essays from one of the major Austrian economists working in the world today brings together in one place some of his key writings on a variety of economic issues.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 2|22 pages
Why are there no Austrian Socialists? Ideology, science, and the Austrian school
Ideology, science, and the Austrian school*
chapter 3|18 pages
Economic calculation: the Austrian contribution to political economy
The Austrian contribution to political economy*
chapter 4|19 pages
Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom revisited: government failure in the argument against Socialism
Government failure in the argument against Socialism*
chapter 7|35 pages
The political economy of utopia: Communism in Soviet Russia, 1918–21
Communism in Soviet Russia, 1918–21*
chapter 8|14 pages
Soviet venality: a rent-seeking model of the Communist state
A rent-seeking model of the Communist state*
chapter 10|15 pages
Perestroika and public choice: the economics of autocratic succession in a rent-seeking society
The economics of autocratic succession in a rent-seeking society*
chapter 13|10 pages
The Russian crisis: perils and prospects for post-Soviet transition
Perils and prospects for post-Soviet transition*
chapter 15|18 pages
Why culture matters: economics, politics, and the imprint of history
Economics, politics, and the imprint of history*
