NDLI: Left luggage: finding the relevant context of Austrian Economics

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Dekker, Erwin
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	Recently a number of scholars, including Tony Judt and Corey Robin, have attempted to discredit Austrian economics by emphasizing the (cultural) distance between the context in which the Austrians made their contributions and our current society. This article argues that the cultural and social context is indeed relevant for how we understand the contribution of the Austrians, but that the critics fundamentally misunderstand or misrepresent the Austrian and Habsburg context. It is argued that the relevant context, particularly for the interwar contributions of Mises, Schumpeter, Hayek and Popper is the despair about the breakdown of their civilization, which includes the rise of mass political movements such as socialism and fascism. It is only against this background that we can understand the intent of their work, and the problems which they sought to address. It is further argued, in contrast with earlier work which has tended to emphasize the philosophical and methodological context in which they operated, that this cultural and social context is at least as relevant to understand the meaning of their work.
Starting Page	103
Ending Page	119
Page Count	17
File Format	PDF
ISSN	08893047
Journal	The Review of Austrian Economics
Volume Number	29
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15737128
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2014-11-08
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Intellectual history History of Austrian economics Interwar Vienna Civilization Hayek Popper Public Finance & Economics Political Science Methodology/History of Economic Thought
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Economics, Econometrics and Finance

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