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Philosophers of Capitalism

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Summary

Full Title: Philosophers of Capitalism: Menger, Mises, Rand, and Beyond Author(s): Edited by Edward W. Younkins Year Published: 2005 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Lexington Books imprint) Publication Type: Academic ISBN-10: 0-7391-1076-4 (hardcover), 0-7391-1077-2 (paperback) ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-1076-8 (hardcover), 978-0-7391-1077-5 (paperback) Description: This is a collection of essays discussing the economic and political ideas of Carl Menger, Ludwig von Mises, and Ayn Rand.

Contents

Since this is a collection with multiple authors, the authors of each essay are indicated in parentheses after the essay title. Chapters significantly related to Objectivism are indicated in bold.

• Introduction (Edward W. Younkins)
• Part I: Essential Ideas
  1. Carl Menger's Austrian Aristotelianism (Edward W. Younkins)
  2. Misesian Praxeology as the Path to Progress (Edward W. Younkins)
  3. Ayn Rand's Philosophy for Living on Earth (Edward W. Younkins)
• Part II: Scholarly Perspectives
  4. The Methodological Debate Between Carl Menger and the German Historicists (Samuel Bostaph)
  5. Truth in Economic Subjectivism (Gloria Zúñiga)
  6. Ludwig von Mises and the Paradigm for our Age (Murray N. Rothbard)
  7. Ludwig von Mises and the Austrian School of Economics (Jeffrey M. Herbener)
  8. Rand on Obligation and Value (Douglas B. Rasmussen)
  9. The Growing Industry in Ayn Rand Scholarship (Chris Matthew Sciabarra)
  10. Aristotle, Menger, Mises: An Essay in the Metaphysics of Economics (Barry Smith)
  11. The Libertarian Minimal State? A Critique of the Views of Nozick, Levin, and Rand (Walter Block)
  12. Austrian "Subjectivism" vs. Objectivism (Richard C. B. Johnsson)
  13. Reappraising Austrian Economics' Basic Tenets in the Light of Aristotelian Ideas (Ricardo F. Crespo)
  14. Praxeology, Economics, and Law: Issues and Implications (Larry J. Sechrest)
  15. Reason in Economics versus Ethics (Tibor R. Machan)
• Part III: The Future
  16. Toward the Development of a Paradigm for a Free Society (Edward W. Younkins)
• Index
• About the Editor
• About the Authors

Related Links

• Essay by Douglas B. Rasmussen that forms a large portion of chapter 9
• Author homepages or biographies:
  • Edward W. Younkins
  • Walter Block
  • Ricardo F. Crespo
  • Tibor Machan
  • Douglas B. Rasmussen
  • Chris Matthew Sciabarra
  • Larry J. Sechrest

Reviews, Criticism and Analysis

The following perspectives on this book are available online:

• Review by Neil Parille at Rebirth of Reason
• Review by G. Stolyarov II at Rebirth of Reason

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