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Mengerian Economics
Presenting a wide range of topics and written 150 years since Carl Menger’s Principles of Economics was published, this timely book reviews Menger’s life and theories and explains how his insights on the creation of money are still inspiring and relevant today. Highlighting state-of-the-art results on Menger’s methodology and economic theory, the book expertly analyses key topics such as the debt theory of money, capital wealth and the gender wage gap.
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Critical Acclaim
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Presenting a wide range of topics and written 150 years since Carl Menger’s Principles of Economics was published, this timely book reviews Menger’s life and theories and explains how his insights on the creation of money are still inspiring and relevant today.
Highlighting state-of-the-art results on Menger’s methodology and economic theory, the book expertly analyses key topics such as the debt theory of money, capital wealth and the gender wage gap. Chapters also cover up-to-date topics such as Bitcoin and technological progress reinvigorating the study of Menger’s philosophies and their application for future work in economics and the history of economic thought.
Comprehensive in its approach, this book will provide an excellent addition to the mainstream literature for scholars and students of economics, Austrian economics and the philosophy of economics. Researchers interested in economic development and other areas such as Bitcoin will find this an excellent resource for their research.
Highlighting state-of-the-art results on Menger’s methodology and economic theory, the book expertly analyses key topics such as the debt theory of money, capital wealth and the gender wage gap. Chapters also cover up-to-date topics such as Bitcoin and technological progress reinvigorating the study of Menger’s philosophies and their application for future work in economics and the history of economic thought.
Comprehensive in its approach, this book will provide an excellent addition to the mainstream literature for scholars and students of economics, Austrian economics and the philosophy of economics. Researchers interested in economic development and other areas such as Bitcoin will find this an excellent resource for their research.
Critical Acclaim
‘Mengerian Economics is an intriguing book that revives, reiterates, extends and broadens Carl Menger’s groundbreaking approach to economics. The chapters expand our understanding of Menger’s work by tracing its origins in philosophy and stimulate new scholarship by showing how his legacy can further illuminate contemporary issues.’
– Per Bylund, Oklahoma State University, US
– Per Bylund, Oklahoma State University, US
Contributors
Contributors: Jakub Bożydar Wiśniewski, Eduard Braun, Robert Ciborowski, Łukasz Jasiński, Witold Kwaśnicki, Przemysław Rapka, Alicja Sielska, Norbert Slenzok, Krzysztof Turowski, Karol Bolko Zdybel
Contents
Contents:
Foreword: Menger belongs in a museum x
Mateusz Machaj
1 Carl Menger and his philosophical influences 1
Krzysztof Turowski
2 Menger’s untersuchungen and the methodological
development of the Austrian School 21
Norbert Slenzok
3 Carl Menger – an unwitting revolutionary? 42
Witold Kwaśnicki†
4 Institutional spontaneity and social cooperation 78
Jakub Bożydar Wiśniewski
5 Debt and the origin of money 87
Przemysław Rapka
6 Bitcoin from Menger’s perspective 106
Łukasz Jasiński
7 Carl Menger’s contribution to capital theory 118
Eduard Braun
8 Technical changes in economic development: selected
issues in the context of Austrian economics 141
Robert Ciborowski
9 Perfect competition and an imperfect world:
considerations on the gender wage gap in the light of Carl
Menger’s theory 155
Alicja Sielska
10 Anticommons: a very brief introduction with selected applications 168
Karol Bolko Zdybel
Index 182
Foreword: Menger belongs in a museum x
Mateusz Machaj
1 Carl Menger and his philosophical influences 1
Krzysztof Turowski
2 Menger’s untersuchungen and the methodological
development of the Austrian School 21
Norbert Slenzok
3 Carl Menger – an unwitting revolutionary? 42
Witold Kwaśnicki†
4 Institutional spontaneity and social cooperation 78
Jakub Bożydar Wiśniewski
5 Debt and the origin of money 87
Przemysław Rapka
6 Bitcoin from Menger’s perspective 106
Łukasz Jasiński
7 Carl Menger’s contribution to capital theory 118
Eduard Braun
8 Technical changes in economic development: selected
issues in the context of Austrian economics 141
Robert Ciborowski
9 Perfect competition and an imperfect world:
considerations on the gender wage gap in the light of Carl
Menger’s theory 155
Alicja Sielska
10 Anticommons: a very brief introduction with selected applications 168
Karol Bolko Zdybel
Index 182
