Curious to see the views of the forum, and perhaps it will spark discussion surrounding the differences of the economists.
Who are your top 5 Austrian economists?
Curious to see the views of the forum, and perhaps it will spark discussion surrounding the differences of the economists.
Man...its hard to pick.
John Robbins
Hans Sennholz
Gary North
Ludwig Von Mises
Murray Rothbard
I am surprised you didn't include Menger(the founder), and Hayek(the sole Nobel laureate). All of those are good picks though.Originally Posted by AquaBuddha2010
Yeah, I've read Menger and Hayek ...they are foundational. I guess I mentioned Robbins, Sennholz, and North because they helped me see how Christianity teaches free market economics. It has helped ground my faith and worldview.
I don't know enough to make comparisons between them, but I'm a fan of Robert Higgs.
I’m not a libertarian. I’m not advocating everyone run around with no clothes on and smoke pot.
I will have to look into them more.
Robert P. Murphy, who wrote the first economics book I ever read!
Tom Woods, who also writes very engaging and accessible books for the general readership
Frederich A. Hayek, who arguably did the most to "popularize" the Austrian School
Murray Rothbard, who REALLY got me into the deeper philosophical questions underlying economics
and of course, Ron Paul, without whom I never would have learned about the other four!
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In order:
Henry Hazlitt -Runs away w. the title
Rothbard
Mises
Hayek
Gary North
Of the guys who are still alive
Robert Wenzel
Robert Murphy
Tom Woods
Peter Schiff
Gary North
What I say is for entertainment purposes only!
Is that Buchanan in your avatar? Seems kind of strange for an Austrian fan to also be a Buchanan fan.
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