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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.

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Author:   Peter J Boettke (George Mason University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9780415771092

ISBN 10:   0415771099
Pages:   370
Publication Date:   01 August 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of illustrations, Copyright acknowledgments, Acknowledgments, 1 Introduction, 2 Why are there no Austrian Socialists? Ideology, science, and the Austrian school, 3 Economic calculation: the Austrian contribution to political economy, 4 Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom revisited: government failure in the argument against Socialism, 5 Coase, Communism, and the “Black Box” of Soviet-type economies, 6 The Soviet experiment with pure Communism, 7 The political economy of utopia: Communism in Soviet Russia, 1918–21, 8 Soviet venality: a rent-seeking model of the Communist state, 9 Credibility, commitment, and Soviet economic reform, 10 Perestroika and public choice: the economics of autocratic succession in a rent-seeking society, 11 The reform trap in economics and politics in the former Communist economies, 12 Promises made and promises broken in the Russian transition, 13 The Russian crisis: perils and prospects for post-Soviet transition, 14 The political infrastructure of economic development, 15 Why culture matters: economics, politics, and the imprint of history, 16 Concluding remarks, Appendix 1: Economic freedom and wealth, Appendix 2: Economic wealth and welfare, Notes, Index

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Peter J. Boettke is Associate Professor at George Mason University, where he also serves as the Deputy Director of the James M. Buchanan Center for Political Economy.

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