Liberalism Against Liberalism - Theoretical Analysis of the Works of Ludwig Von Mises and Gary Becker

Informationen zum Autor Javier Aranzadi is Associate Professor of Economics at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain. Klappentext "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada." Zusammenfassung In this key volume, an important read for those in the fields of economic theory and political economy, Aranzadi argues that whilst the tradition of Hayek and Mises encourages a humanistic liberalism, the Chicago School proposes a technical humanism. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Two Economic Approaches to Human Behaviour in Liberalism 2. The Definition of Economic Behaviour in Mises’ Work 3. The Structure of Mises’ General Theory of Action 4. The Discovery of Means and the Creation of Possibilities 5. The Evaluative System 6. Causality as a Praxeological Category 7. The Project 8. The Definition of Human Behaviour in Becker’s Work 9. Critical Analysis of the Definition of Becker’s Economic Behaviour: The Stability of Preferences 10. Critical Analysis of the Definition of Becker’s Economic Behaviour: Maximising Behaviour and Market Equilibrium 11. Conclusions

Product details

• Authors: Javier Aranzadi, Javier (Universidad Autonoma De Madrid Aranzadi, Aranzadi Javier
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.03.2006
• EAN: 9780415365437
• ISBN: 978-0-415-36543-7
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Routledge Foundations of the Market Economy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, Economic theory & philosophy, Political Economy, Microeconomics, Economic theory and philosophy