Introduction to Austrian Economics

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Description: Introduction to Austrian EconomicsCourse Outline1. What is unique about Austrian Economics?A video clip that introduces the central concepts of Austrian Economics, such as human action, time preference, uncertainty, economic calculation, entrepreneurship, market process, and spontaneous order.2. The rise of the Austrian SchoolVideo slides of the timeline of the history of the Austrian School, presenting the main contributions of the Salamanca School, Carl Menger, Eugen v. Böhm-Bawerk, Ludwig v. Mises, and Friedrich v. Hayek a explaining the relevance of Austrian economics for today.3. What is “human action”? Video slides about the definition of human action, and the axiomatic foundation of praxeology. Implications, such as time preference and subjective choice, the rejection of anthropomorphism and hypostasis, and the deduction of the plea for cooperation and friendliness.4. Uncertainty and contingencyVido slides about the role of speculation and entrepreneurship. The lecture examines the function of profit and loss in the market economy, the emergence of social order in a world where the future is unknown, and how prices serve as an orientation about allocation of the available resources.5. Property, markets, and capitalVideo slides about private property and free markets for capital accumulation. Explaining the concept of economic calculation in a world void of equilibrium and certainty. How to deal with unexpected change. The role of incentives and information. Markets as a discovery process. How the market economy deals with complexity.6. BibliographyPDF with an annotated list of further readings.Your instructor:Dr. Antony P. MuellerDr. Antony Peter Mueller is a distinguished professor of economics and a renowned scholar of Austrian economics wit
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