The marginal revolutionaries : how Austrian economists fought the war of ideas
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Accounts of the Austrian School of economics often focus on a few marquee figures. Wasserman (history, Univ. of Alabama) provides a comprehensive, engaging narrative of the origins and development of Austrian approaches to economics. After taking up the work of Carl Menger (1840--1921) as founder of a distinctively Austrian approach to economics, Wasserman turns to the heyday of Menger and his immediate followers in Viennese universities in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Wasserman then considers the ongoing persistence of distinctively Austrian approaches despite the disruptions caused by changes in Austrian academic institutions and then the intellectual diaspora from Vienna due to war and depression. He concludes by considering the legacy of the approaches as represented by contrasting Austrian perspectives evident in institutions in both the US and Europe. The book is well researched, based on extensive archival work. As he gets to recent work in the Austrian tradition, Wasserman's lack of sympathy for it is in evidence. And specialists would probably dispute some of Wasserman's specific interpretations and subnarratives. Nevertheless Wasserman has succeeded in providing a rich and worthwhile overview of Austrian economics. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers. --David Mitch, University of Maryland Baltimore County
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Wasserman, J. (2019). The marginal revolutionaries: how Austrian economists fought the war of ideas . Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wasserman, Janek, 1980-. 2019. The Marginal Revolutionaries: How Austrian Economists Fought the War of Ideas. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wasserman, Janek, 1980-. The Marginal Revolutionaries: How Austrian Economists Fought the War of Ideas New Haven: Yale University Press, 2019.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Wasserman, J. (2019). The marginal revolutionaries: how austrian economists fought the war of ideas. New Haven: Yale University Press.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wasserman, Janek. The Marginal Revolutionaries: How Austrian Economists Fought the War of Ideas Yale University Press, 2019.