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The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups.
Henry Hazlitt
Economics in One Lesson
The Austrian School of Economics espouses principles and theories of economics based upon deduction from the nature of human action, especially stressing the subjective nature of value.
The Austrian School of Economics consist of a group of economists who developed the modern subjective theory of value and applied it to the various problems of economics. Its founders and early leaders Carl Menger (1840-1921), Friedrich von Wieser (1851-1926), and Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk (1851-1914), as well as Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973) and Friedrich A. Hayek (1899- )were all Austrian born. American Murray N. Rothbard also contributed to this body of work.
The principles and theories of the Austrian School of Economics, along with its methodology. provide the foundation for the economic assumptions advocated on The Free Market Center.
Carl Menger -
The Father of The Austrian School of Economics
I will discuss the characteristics of Austrian economics that make it different from other schools of economics. These eight characteristics markedly distinguish the Austrian School from other popular schools.Characteristics of the Austrian School
The Austrian Methodology starts with a priori assumptions and builds a logically sound explanation for all economy activity.
Beginning with a prior assumptions the Austrian Method uses Deductive Reasoning to reason logically sound conclusions.
Mises developed the theory of Praxeology to develop a framework for explaining human action.
Subjective value theory, a distinct element of the Austrian Methodology, provides the only logically consistent explanation of economic value.
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