Tag Archives: History

History of Entrepreneurship in Economic Thought

A brief history of the concept of entrepreneurship. Continue reading

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What I’m Reading: 1 June 2010

Currently reading Rothbard’s “A History of Money and Banking in the United States”. Continue reading

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Austrians Contra Smith

Adam Smith is generally considered the father of political economy, and between Smith and the marginal revolution it is traditionally believed that there was a linear progression in the science of economics. Schumpeter’s History of Economic Analysis suggested otherwise, and since then there has been a wealth of revisionism looking to correct economists’ view on the Smithian movement. From an Austrian perspective, Smith did much to damage economic theory. Continue reading

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History of Money

Some books on the history of money. Have you read them? Continue reading

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Spanish Economic History

Recently purchased three books dealing with the economics of the Spanish Empire, in preparation for an article. Continue reading

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