Austrian Textbooks

Economics Economics Questions
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Hi guys,

I’m sure this topic has been raised a few times, I just can’t seem to find a thread on it.

I am looking to see if there are any concise Austrian Economics textbooks. I have seen many Austrian books, however all of these have hardly been textbooks. I’m looking for something which is broken down into that usual textbook format, small bite size pieces, building up a picture of how to model the economy/a logic of how things work, graphs showing relationships, and similar.

Are there any?

Thanks,

Uriah

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I think you’d find the following useful:

An Introduction to Economic Reasoning

by David Gordon

I can’t think of something else that suits your decription better.

3

Thats the only book in the Austrian canon that comes close to being a real textbook, I think. It is really very good.

4

Well Rothbard tried, but failed.. and he ended up with Man, Economy & State with Power and Market. [:D]

OP, possibly read the Study Guides for Human Action, and MES?

5

Man Economy and State is what you are looking for.

6

Also, Garrison’s Time and Money could be used as a textbook in a macro class.

7

Reisman’s Capitalism can be used as a textbook, although information is not presented in small pieces and it is very lengthy.

8

… Study Guides are helpful to gain good summary on the content of books. For an introductory learning, I’d also suggest the audio files on seminaries and conferences.

9

Bob Murphy has a textbook coming out and you can read Jeffrey Tucker’s review of it here.