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The Great Economist Carl Menger

July 21, 2009 by

Menger was one of those thinkers who can claim a single decisive achievement that made scientific history, writes Joseph Schumpeter. His name will be forever linked with a new explanatory principle which has revolutionized the whole field of economic theory.FULL ARTICLE

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Mac July 21, 2009 at 10:43 am

Now this review of his life makes me want to read all of Menger’s work. And I’m already way behind my reading!

I have Schumpeter’s original physical text of “Ten Great Economists” which I read long ago. How little I remember from it. Don’t you hate when that happens?

Cheers

Robbie July 21, 2009 at 3:17 pm

What is up with the homepage?It is down.

Anonymous July 21, 2009 at 4:24 pm

I love the beard

Ryan July 21, 2009 at 5:27 pm

And yet no mention of his fishing prowess…

I’m a big fan of these book excerpts by the way. It’s very refreshing to read such clear thinking on so many different topics by some of the most eminent men of the Austrian tradition, especially amidst these dark days of increasing govt intervention into the real economy.

Bruce Koerber July 21, 2009 at 9:59 pm

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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Carl Menger Paved The Way!

Carl Menger left a legacy that sprang from what appears to be a simple and obvious conclusion: the merging of marginalism and subjectivism.

From that remarkable yet simple discovery, minds of a few – who recognized its scientific merit and did not interpose their ego – opened new vistas, uncovering gems of wisdom that unlocked the principles of prosperity.

Thank you Carl Menger.

billwald July 23, 2009 at 12:30 pm

>human needs are the driving force of the economic mechanism beyond the Robinson Crusoe economy or the economy without exchange.

Only if humans “need” books, toys, and entertainment. I don’t need 80% of the stuff in my house.

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