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The economic point of view an essay in the history of economic thought

1976

[Front Matter and Publication Details]: Title pages, series information, and publication metadata for Israel M. Kirzner's 'The Economic Point of View'...

Austrian School Economic History Israel Kirzner Ludwig von Mises Murray Rothbard Epistemology Human Action Lionel Robbins Max Weber Vilfredo Pareto Frank Knight Opportunity Cost Positivism Praxeology Subjective Value Methodology Catallactics political economy Scarcity Alfred Marshall Division of Labor Friedrich A. Hayek Gunnar Myrdal Methodenstreit Adam Smith Carl Menger Classical Economics Historical School John Stuart Mill Marginal Utility William Stanley Jevons Mercantilism natural law Property Rights David Ricardo Income Distribution Friedrich Engels Karl Marx Teleology Thorstein Veblen Albert Schaffle Arthur Cecil Pigou Utility Welfare Economics Nassau Senior Rationality Jacob Viner Joseph Schumpeter Mathematical Economics Alfred Amonn Frederic Bastiat Volkswirtschaft Walter Bagehot Socialism Institutionalism Leon Walras Physiocracy Empiricism Hans Mayer Value Judgments Purchasing Power John Maynard Keynes macroeconomics microeconomics Causality Ideal Type Verstehen A Priori Auguste Comte Price Theory Jeremy Bentham National Income Thomas Malthus Marxism dialectical materialism Karl Kautsky Hermann Heinrich Gossen Neoclassical Economics Gustav Schmoller Capitalism

Table of Contents · 66 segments

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Front Matter and Publication Detailsfront_matter

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Foreword by Ludwig von Misesessay

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Introduction to the Second Editionessay

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Author's Prefaceessay

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Acknowledgments and Table of Contentsbibliography

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Table of Contents and Chapter Outlinestheoretical

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Chapter 1: On Defining the Economic Point of Viewchapter

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The Significance and Utility of Definition in Economicstheoretical

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The Evolution of Economic Definitions: From Classical to Moderntheoretical

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Chapter 2: The Science of Wealth and Welfarechapter

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The Definition of Wealth: Material vs. Immaterialtheoretical

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The Science of Subsistence and the Materialist Interpretationtheoretical

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The Persistence of the Wealth Criterion and the Struggle with Naturetheoretical

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The Transition from Wealth to Welfaretheoretical

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Chapter 3: The Science of Avarice and the Economic Principlechapter

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The Economic Impulse and the Rejection of Avaricetheoretical

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Economics and the Analogy of Mechanicstheoretical

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Chapter 4: Economics, the Market, and Societychapter

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The Economic System and the Volkswirtschafttheoretical

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Economics as a Subsystem of Sociologytheoretical

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Chapter 5: Economic Affairs, Money, and Measurementchapter

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Critique of the Money Measure and Price-Economicstheoretical

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Money as an Active Economic Institutiontheoretical

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Chapter 6: Economics and Economizingchapter

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The Economics of Professor Robbinschapter

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Scarcity and Economicschapter

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Economizing and Maximizationchapter

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The Character and Breadth of Robbins' Definitionchapter

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The "Formalism" of Robbins' Definitionchapter

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The Nature of Ends and Meanschapter

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"Given" Ends and Means and the Role of the Specialistchapter

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Single End vs. Multiple Ends and the Economic Motivechapter

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Economics and Ethics: The Positive and the Normativechapter

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The Significance of Macroeconomics and Idle Resourceschapter

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Economics as a Science of Human Action: The Praxeological Viewchapter

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The Praxeological Element and the Logic of Reasonchapter

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The Emergence of Praxeology: Sherwood and Crocechapter

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Max Weber and the Limits of Verstehenchapter

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Mises, Robbins, and the Systematic Unity of Praxeologychapter

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Praxeology and Purpose: The Teleological Foundationchapter

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The Praxeological Concept of Rationalitychapter

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The Assumption of Constant Wants and Theoretical Relativitychapter

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Praxeology, Apriorism, and the Nature of Economic Knowledgechapter

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The Economic Point of View as the Praxeological Point of Viewchapter

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Notes to Chapter Ifootnotes

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Notes to Chapter I (Continued) and Notes to Chapter II (1-10)footnotes

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Notes to Chapter II (11-23): Wealth, Distribution, and the Scope of Political Economyfootnotes

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Notes to Chapter II (24-32): Wealth as Surplus and Materialist Interpretationsfootnotes

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Bibliographical Notes on Materialism and Economic Definitionsfootnotes

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Bibliographical Notes on the Wealth-Focus and Human Economyfootnotes

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Bibliographical Notes on German and French Economic Methodologyfootnotes

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Notes on the Evolution of Economic Definitions and Subjectivityfootnotes

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Notes to Chapter II (Continued)footnotes

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Notes to Chapter III: The Development of the Economic Manfootnotes

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Notes to Chapter III (Continued)footnotes

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Notes to Chapter IV: The Catallactic Point of Viewfootnotes

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Notes to Chapter IV (Continued)footnotes

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Notes to Chapter Vfootnotes

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Notes to Chapter VIfootnotes

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Notes to Chapter VI: The Scarcity View of Economicsfootnotes

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Notes to Chapter VII: Economics as a Science of Human Actionfootnotes

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Notes on the Praxeological View and Economic Methodologyfootnotes

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Notes on Praxeology and Economic Methodologyfootnotes

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Index of Subjectsindex

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Index of Subjects (Continued)index

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Index of Authorsindex