Does the Austrian School contradict the principles of the American Revolution?

Economics Economics Questions
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So I was at Kinkos earlier today and I was having some of the Austrian Classics printed out and the guy printing it for me happened to notice the books were about the Austrian School. I asked him his opinion of it and he said the Austrian School contradicts the principles of the American Revolution. He also said something along the lines of “the austrian school doesn’t have one/a guiding principle”, or something like that.

Could someone explain to me why some believe the school is contradictory to the revolution and why some believe it isn’t. I would like to hear both sides. Feel free to leave a link if that is easier or its explained elsewhere.

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well the goal of the american revolution was to transfer owenrship of the state monopoly on law/defense/taxation from the brits to a home grown political class of yanks.

and what do austrians think of monopolies and politics?

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I think that it’s better called the “American War of Independence” rather than the “American Revolution”.

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how much were you charged per page just wondering?

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Any ground that might have been gained during the American Revolution was irrevocably lost upon ratification of the Constitution.

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War of American Independence rhymes with War of Southern Independence.

PS: Revolution is politics, Austrianism is economics.

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It’s entirely possible that this individual has NO reasons at all to say that Austrian Economics has anything against the AR.

Then again, saying that AE is somehow contrary to AR is like saying Evolutionary Theory is contrary to the Civil Rights movement, they aren’t even capable of being contrasted.

Also, Austrian Econ. is based on Praexology if I remember correctly (forgive spelling errors if they are present) and THAT is an AXIOMATIC system. As such, it DOES have fundemental principles. I’m not sure how in context your quote is, perhaps he was talking about value subjectivism or something.

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Humans act.

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Hmm. I wonder what the academic status of austrian economics would be if all its critics were as sophisticated as this fellow.

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Odd claim, given that the Austrian School is primarily concerned with economics and its foundations in philosophy.

“Humans act.” Unless he is talking about the differences between Misesians and Hayekians, and I don’t even think the latter denies the importance and centrality of the action axiom.

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I had the pdfs printed two pages on one sheet of paper, and also printed on both sides. I had him bind it also, so that the cover is half the size of a regular 8.5X11 sheet of paper. All in all, it cost 10cents per side of an 8.5X11 sheet of paper. So I could fit two pdf pages on one sheet of printed paper making 100pdf pages into 50 printed pages and it cost $5, +$2.50 for binding.

This was at FedEx Kinkos. And make sure you edit the PDF doc and take out all the copyright info or they won’t print it for you. Even if it available to the public for a free download. I used Adobe Illustrator.

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they won’t print it? no more business from me ever.

whatever happened to fair use?

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I looked into printing some of these pdfs. Where I live the cost ends being the same or more as just buying the book.

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No one will print a document with copyright info in it.