Classical Economics: Recent Episodes
Murray N. Rothbard
The second volume contains an enlightening critique of Ricardian economics, showing the constraints on theory entailed by Ricardo’s static and pseudo-mathematical method. Ricardo’s successor John Stuart Mill is the object of a devastating intellectual portrait. Marxism is subjected to a merciless demolition, and Rothbard shows the roots of this system in metaphysical speculation. The French classical liberals such as Bastiat, on the other hand, contributed to the subjectivist school. A further highlight of this volume is a discussion of the bullionist controversy: the views of the Banking and Currency Schools receive extensive analysis.
In the first volume (Economic Thought Before Adam Smith), Rothbard traces the history of economics from the ancient Greeks to Adam Smith; and in the second volume (Classical Economics), he discusses British classical economics, the French school of classical liberalism, and Marxism.
Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach. The full text is available online here.
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From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume 2. The second volume contains an enlightening critique of Ricardian economics, showing the constraints on theory entailed by Ricardo’s static and pseudo-mathematical method. Ricardo’s successor John Stuart Mill is the object of a devastating intellectual portrait. Marxism is subjected to a merciless demolition, and Rothbard shows the roots of this system in metaphysical speculation. The French classical liberals such as Bastiat, on the other hand, contributed to the subjectivist school. A further highlight of this volume is a discussion of the bullionist controversy: the views of the Banking and Currency Schools receive extensive analysis.