Archive for Israel M. Kirzner
Israel Kirzner is professor emeritus of economics at New York University and did his doctoral work under Ludwig von Mises. Professor Kirzner is the author of many books in the Austrian tradition of economics, among them Competition and Entrepreneurship; Perception, Opportunity, and Profit; and The Meaning of Market Process.
The Open-Endedness of Knowledge
Dr. Kirzner is professor of economics at New York University as well as a Trustee of The Foundation for Economic Education. His latest book is Discovery, and the Capitalist Process. This article is a shortened version of a talk given at the Annual Meeting of The Foundation on May 15, 1984. A [...]
1Mar1986 | Israel M. Kirzner | 0 comments | ContinuedLiberalism and Limited Government
At first glance the role of limited government in [Ludwig von] Mises’ system of classical liberalism appears as a somewhat uneasy compromise between two conflicting goals: on the one hand to achieve the advantages of a free market; on the other hand to benefit, in certain respects, by co ordinated central direction. Indeed this compromise [...]
1Nov1985 | Israel M. Kirzner | 4 comments | ContinuedThe 1975 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics: Some Uncomfortable Reflections
The problem of economic calculation still confounds socialist planners and some mathematicians.
1Apr1976 | Israel M. Kirzner | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Ugly Market: Why Capitalism Is Hated, Feared and Despised
A scholarly analysis of the attitudes and premises underlying the criticisms of capitalism.
1Dec1974 | Israel M. Kirzner | 0 comments | ContinuedAdvertising
The positive role of advertising in a capitalistic, free-market economy.
1Sep1972 | Israel M. Kirzner | 2 comments | ContinuedThe "Power" Problem on Campus: An Economist’s View
Management may invite suggestions but cannot share its ultimate responsibility to marshal and deploy the resources to operate a university.
1Aug1970 | Israel M. Kirzner | 0 comments | Continued-
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