Scribd Version of Book

13 May 2010 at 10:07 pm 8 comments

| Peter Klein |

I just learned I can embed the full document right here in a blog entry. Very cool!

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The Capitalist and The Entrepreneur: Available Now! This Makes Me Think of Hayek’s Sensory Order

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  • 1. Richard Hammer  |  14 May 2010 at 7:42 pm

    Thanks, but I’ll wait for the Mises Institute to send the copy I’ve ordered.

  • 2. Abhi Sivasailam  |  14 May 2010 at 7:47 pm

    Good stuff, Dr. Klein!

  • 3. Rafe  |  15 May 2010 at 4:54 am

    Is there a big print edition for people with failing eyesight?

  • 4. Peter Klein  |  15 May 2010 at 9:25 am

    Rafe, doesn’t a big-print edition require big ideas?

  • 5. Rafe  |  15 May 2010 at 8:19 pm

    Q. When does a mundane idea become a big idea?
    A. When everyone accepts it ,so it is old hat.

    Someone suggested that important theories start out as heresy, eventually they become controversial, and then suddenly they are old hat.

  • […] for purchase here and here.  And if you wont to sneak a peak, you can see the full version here.  The role of the entrepreneur is one of the more under-theorized subjects in economics and, in […]

  • 7. DA  |  15 June 2010 at 10:54 pm

    Why would you adapt your book to the internet in blog and download for free instead of market it by way of advertising for pay? Do my tax dollars go into this type of charity? xD It is a very informative publication.

  • 8. Peter Klein  |  15 June 2010 at 11:24 pm

    I’m using the Grateful Dead strategy — give the book away, then make bazillions on the lecture circuit.

    Seriously, see http://blog.mises.org/12706/why-kleins-book-is-an-event-to-celebrate/ for some discussion of the publication strategy.

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