Austrian Economics PhD Course

23 August 2010 at 1:46 pm Peter G. Klein 10 comments

| Peter Klein |

This semester I am teaching a PhD course in the Austrian school of economics. Here’s a preview. Visitors to Columbia, Missouri are welcome to sit in!

Excerpt from the syllabus:

It is difficult to cover an entire school of thought in one semester. Austrian economics, after all, is not an applied field like development economics or international trade policy or biotechnology but an alternative approach to all fields of economics. The course objective is not to provide a comprehensive review and critique of the entire Austrian tradition, but to give students a sampler of high-quality Austrian writings, classic and modern, on a variety of issues and topics. One goal is to show that while Austrian economists share a common conceptual framework, theoretical core, and historical context, the Austrian literature contains tremendous variety, both stylistic and substantive. Like any living, breathing tradition the Austrian literature continues to expand and diversify, often at a dizzying pace.

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10 Comments Add your own

1. aje | 23 August 2010 at 1:58 pm

Thanks for sharing this Peter, it’s a great resource. I was interested to see you cite Oppers (2002). I was amazed when I stumbled across it earlier this year – not only by its prescience (and the source) but the fact that I’d never heard of it. What’s your take on it? Is it well known amongst other Austrians? And do you know who the author is or if he’s done anything else similar?
Anthony.
2. Peter Klein | 23 August 2010 at 2:00 pm

Yes, I was amazed too! I don’t know the author or how he came to write the piece, sorry! I think Guido Huelsmann knows him, you might ask Guido for the backstory.
3. aje | 23 August 2010 at 2:05 pm

I’m assuming that some time circa 2003 he was taken into a backroom of the IMF and shot (!)
I’m not sure of many better overviews of ABC in just 11 pages…
http://thefilter.blogs.com/thefilter/2010/07/stefan-oppers-on-austrian-business-cycle-theory.html
4. Peter Klein | 23 August 2010 at 2:08 pm

Who knows, these organizations may be filled with cells of resistance fighters!
5. k | 23 August 2010 at 8:41 pm

Sorry but why No Mises? i guess Thee Human Action is too long but at least the Ultimate Foundation of Economics
And also why not Menger directly and not by mediators. Its an easy read
6. Peter Klein | 23 August 2010 at 9:26 pm

Only so many hours in the day. . . .
7. Rafe | 24 August 2010 at 1:41 am

The course looks great Peter!
In recognition of this and other achievements you have been short-listed for a Critical Rationalist Scholar award.
Previous recipients include Jack Birner and Karl Popper.

CR Scholar 3: Jack Birner

CR Scholar 5: Karl Popper
8. Peter Klein | 24 August 2010 at 8:52 am

Thanks Rafe! It would be an honor to share such an award with Jack. But who’s this “Popper” guy? :-)
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