The archive.

Kirzner, Israel M. — The Economic Point of View Kirzner’s book is a historical and methodological inquiry into what makes analysis specifically “economic.” Its central claim is that definitions of economics are not verba...

Israel M. Kirzner, Competition and Entrepreneurship (1973) Israel M. Kirzner’s Competition and Entrepreneurship is a single-author theoretical monograph in Austrian economics...

Israel M. Kirzner, “An Essay on Capital” (1966) This file is a single-author theoretical essay in four chapters: “Unfinished Plans,” “Stocks and Flows,” “Capital and Waiting,” and “Measuring Capital.” Kirzner’s scope is...

Summary: Israel M. Kirzner, “Entrepreneurship and the Market Approach to Development” (1971) Kirzner’s essay is a theoretical intervention in development economics...

Israel M. Kirzner, “On the Market” — Summary This file is a short memorial tribute essay. Kirzner honors Ludwig von Mises by isolating what he presents as Mises’s decisive contribution to economic thought: a conception o...

Alertness, Luck, and Entrepreneurial Profit — Summary This is a single-author theoretical chapter, originally presented in an American Economic Association session, on the status of pure entrepreneurial profit...

Israel M. Kirzner, “Capital, Competition, and Capitalism” (1974) Genre and scope: This file is a single-authored scholarly lecture/chapter, presented at Hillsdale College in 1974...

Israel M. Kirzner’s “Classical Economics and the Entrepreneurial Role” studies a central omission in English classical economics: its failure to make entrepreneurship an independent analytical function...

Israel M. Kirzner, “Economics and Error” (1979) This file is a single-author theoretical chapter, originally presented as a symposium paper...

Israel M. Kirzner, “Entrepreneurship, Choice, and Freedom” (1979) This file is a single scholarly essay/chapter in economics and political philosophy...

Israel M. Kirzner, “Entrepreneurship, Entitlement, and Economic Justice” (1979) Kirzner’s chapter is a focused intervention in libertarian theories of market justice...

Israel M. Kirzner, “Equilibrium versus Market Process” (1979) This file is a single theoretical essay/chapter, originally presented at the 1974 Austrian Economic Conference...