Have you majored in, or are majoring in economics? no
Have you ever taken an economics class? no
Have you ever read a principles level (“mainstream”) economics textbook? no
Have you ever read intermediate level (“mainstream”) economics textbook? no
Have you read any (“mainstream”) economic textbooks beyond the intermediate level? no
Have you read a paper from a non-Austrian academic journal? (If so which journal(s) and how many?) no
Have you ever read a book by a non-Austrian economist? no
Have you ever had a conversation with the any of the faculty at the economics department of your university? no
Which economics related blogs do you read? peter schiff video page
Do you listen to Econtalk or other non-Austrian economics related podcasts? wall street unspun, lew rockwell
What proportion of your time devoted to economics do you spend reading the works of faculty members of the LvMI? Im an mp3 guy meself, and listen to block, tom woods, plenty of rothbard
Name your top 5 most economists in terms of influence on you. hazlitt, rothbard. block, schiff, mises [a bit, havent been able to translate his stuff into english]
Name your top 5 economist in terms of their ability as economists. I really have no clue.
What books would you recommend to somebody coming to economics? Eco in one lesson, what has gov done to our money
What fields of economics (methodology and history of thought inc.) interest you most? current events
Briefly define Austrian economics. the school of economics that champions non-intervention in the market
Have you majored in, or are majoring in economics? Yes
Have you ever taken an economics class? Yes
Have you ever read a principles level (“mainstream”) economics textbook? Yes
Have you ever read intermediate level (“mainstream”) economics textbook? Yes
Have you read any (“mainstream”) economic textbooks beyond the intermediate level? No
Have you read a paper from a non-Austrian academic journal? (If so which journal(s) and how many?) Yes. Oxford Journal, econometrica, ect.
Have you ever read a book by a non-Austrian economist? Yes
Have you ever had a conversation with the any of the faculty at the economics department of your university? Yes
Which economics related blogs do you read? Cafe Hayek, Marginalist revolution, Mises.org
Do you listen to Econtalk or other non-Austrian economics related podcasts? Econtalk
What proportion of your time devoted to economics do you spend reading the works of faculty members of the LvMI? .05%
Name your top 5 most economists in terms of influence on you. Hayek, Mises, Bohm-Bawerk, Wicksell, Keynes
Name your top 5 economist in terms of their ability as economists. Mises, Bohm-Bawerk, Hayek, Menger, Say
What books would you recommend to somebody coming to economics? Study physics instead.
What fields of economics (methodology and history of thought inc.) interest you most? Monetary Theory
Briefly define Austrian economics. Austrian economics looks at the market as a process, investigates human action as opposed to constrained maximization, understands the nature of value, the primacy of utility, and the time structure of production.
I have to question your motives Hayekianxyz. What exactly is the purpose of this poll?
Have you majored in, or are majoring in economics? Yes
Have you ever taken an economics class? Yes
Have you ever read a principles level (“mainstream”) economics textbook? Yes
Have you ever read intermediate level (“mainstream”) economics textbook? Yes
Have you read any (“mainstream”) economic textbooks beyond the intermediate level? Not in entirety, but I’ve worked through some sections of a few.
Have you read a paper from a non-Austrian academic journal? (If so which journal(s) and how many?) Numerous papers, Public Choice JPE, JEH, and others.
Have you ever read a book by a non-Austrian economist? Yes
Have you ever had a conversation with the any of the faculty at the economics department of your university? Yes
Which economics related blogs do you read? Marginal Revolution, Cheap Talk, Overcoming Bias, Coordination Problem, The Sociological Imagination, Organization and Markets and a few others when I have time.
Do you listen to Econtalk or other non-Austrian economics related podcasts? Econtalk
What proportion of your time devoted to economics do you spend reading the works of faculty members of the LvMI? Very little.
Name your top 5 most economists in terms of influence on you. Tough call but I think Hayek, North, Cowen, Varian and Brennan & Lomasky & Caplan (cheating there)
Name your top 5 economist in terms of their ability as economists. Not sure I can answer this one.
What books would you recommend to somebody coming to economics? Rothbard’s Man, Economy and State, Sowell’s Basic Economics and Varian’s Intermediate Microeconomics
What fields of economics (methodology and history of thought inc.) interest you most? Micro, public choice, political economy and a few others that I’ve not done much research into.
Briefly define Austrian economics.
Esuric, my main objective is simply making communication more effective by allowing each other to know where we come from.
Have you majored in, or are majoring in economics? I did, until I switched to philosophy.
Have you ever taken an economics class? Yes
Have you ever read a principles level (“mainstream”) economics textbook? Yes
Have you ever read intermediate level (“mainstream”) economics textbook?Yes
Have you read any (“mainstream”) economic textbooks beyond the intermediate level? No
Have you read a paper from a non-Austrian academic journal? (If so which journal(s) and how many?) No
Have you ever read a book by a non-Austrian economist? Yes
Have you ever had a conversation with the any of the faculty at the economics department of your university? Yes
Which economics related blogs do you read? Mises, FEE
Do you listen to Econtalk or other non-Austrian economics related podcasts? No
What proportion of your time devoted to economics do you spend reading the works of faculty members of the LvMI? Whatever they write or link to on the blog. Maybe 30%.
Name your top 5 most economists in terms of influence on you. Sowell, Mises, Rothbard, Walter Block, Hayek
Name your top 5 economist in terms of their ability as economists. Mises, Rothbard, Say, Sowell, Hayek
What books would you recommend to somebody coming to economics? Economics in one lesson, the concise guide to economics.
What fields of economics (methodology and history of thought inc.) interest you most? Praxeology, business cycle theory, the economic implications of the bible, political implications.
Briefly define Austrian economics. The study of the logic of human choice.
Yes. I read a lot from academic journals provided by JSTOR.
Yes, particularly Stiglitz.
Yes, I have conversations with my professors all the time.
Café Hayek, The Conscience of a Liberal, The Beacon, Coordination Problem, Krugman in Wonderland, Young Americans for Liberty, The Freeman, The Economist, AidWatch, etc.
I don’t really listen to podcasts.
Books by LvMI faculty members? Very little.
In no particular order: Jesús Huerta de Soto, Ludwig von Mises, Murray Rothbard, Friedrich Hayek and George Selgin.
In no particular order, and maybe not even my real top 5: Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek, Israel Kirzner, Richard Cantillon and George Reisman.
Hahn’s Common Sense Economics
Political economy, monetary theory, economic history
I don’t think I can briefly describe Austrian economics.
Have you majored in, or are majoring in economics? Yes
Have you ever taken an economics class? Yes.
Have you ever read a principles level (“mainstream”) economics textbook? Yes.
Have you ever read intermediate level (“mainstream”) economics textbook? Yes.
Have you read any (“mainstream”) economic textbooks beyond the intermediate level? Only parts.
Have you read a paper from a non-Austrian academic journal? (If so which journal(s) and how many?) No.
Have you ever read a book by a non-Austrian economist? Yes.
Have you ever had a conversation with the any of the faculty at the economics department of your university? Yes.
Which economics related blogs do you read? Mises.org, Cafe Hayek, Economic Thought.
Do you listen to Econtalk or other non-Austrian economics related podcasts? Yes.
What proportion of your time devoted to economics do you spend reading the works of faculty members of the LvMI. 10%ish.
Name your top 5 most economists in terms of influence on you. Sowell, Smith, Rothbard, Mises, Hayek
Name your top 5 economist in terms of their ability as economists. Uncertain.
What books would you recommend to somebody coming to economics? Basic Economics 3rd edition, Economic Facts and Fallacies, Human Action, Why an Economy grows.
What fields of economics (methodology and history of thought inc.) interest you most? Behavioral economics.
Briefly define Austrian economics. Advocates no government intervention in the economy due to the complex and subjective valuation of individual economic actors.
Have you majored in, or are majoring in economics? I Majored in finance a year ago
Have you ever taken an economics class? Yup, lots of 'em
Have you ever read a principles level (“mainstream”) economics textbook? Back in high school, and I remmeber how strongly did monetarism strike me as cool
Have you ever read intermediate level (“mainstream”) economics textbook? Yup though lately I can’t stomach even a few pages
Have you read any (“mainstream”) economic textbooks beyond the intermediate level? My macro texts was what drove me to read this guy called Rothbard
Have you read a paper from a non-Austrian academic journal? (If so which journal(s) and how many?) Does the Economist BS count? Or my own Faculty’s journal?
Have you ever read a book by a non-Austrian economist? I had to read lots of 'em for my disertation
Have you ever had a conversation with the any of the faculty at the economics department of your university? Yes and all I got where blank stares (Ludwig who?)
Which economics related blogs do you read? None of the mainstream. I enjoy “Let a thousand nations bloom”, Dan Mitchell’s and, of course, LRC and LvMI
Do you listen to Econtalk or other non-Austrian economics related podcasts? Nope, i had enought of mainstream already
What proportion of your time devoted to economics do you spend reading the works of faculty members of the LvMI Do the dead one count? But seriosly, when it comes to economics it’s well above 90%
Name your top 5 most economists in terms of influence on you. Rothbard, Mises, Friedman…and I can’t rank the rest
Name your top 5 economist in terms of their ability as economists. Mises, Rothbard, Hayek, Hoppe, Murphy
What books would you recommend to somebody coming to economics? I have recommended Hazlit’s “teh conquest of poverty” to many. Milton Friedman’s Capitalism and Freeodm is also easy to digest
What fields of economics (methodology and history of thought inc.) interest you most? Cant make up my mind right now
Briefly define Austrian economics. The a priori study of human action pertaining the maximisation of individual utility, and its effects
Have you majored in, or are majoring in economics? No; I did Business Information Technology at university
Have you ever taken an economics class? I took one course on international trade; that’s about it (apart from high school stuff)
Have you ever read a principles level (“mainstream”) economics textbook? No
Have you ever read intermediate level (“mainstream”) economics textbook? No
Have you read any (“mainstream”) economic textbooks beyond the intermediate level? No
Have you read a paper from a non-Austrian academic journal? (If so which journal(s) and how many?) No
Have you ever read an economics book by a non-Austrian economist? No
Have you ever had a conversation with the any of the faculty at the economics department of your university? No
Which economics related blogs do you read? LVMI, LRC, The Libertarian Standard
Do you listen to Econtalk or other non-Austrian economics related podcasts? No
What proportion of your time devoted to economics do you spend reading the works of faculty members of the LvMI. Of all my time devoted to economics? 10%?
Name your top 5 most economists in terms of influence on you. Molyneux, Hoppe, DiLorenzo, Rothbard, Block. Not sure of the order.
Name your top 5 economist in terms of their ability as economists. Rothbard, Hoppe, Hulsmann, Murphy, LeFevre. Not sure of the order.
What books would you recommend to somebody coming to economics? How An Economy Grows and Why It Crashes (by Peter Schiff)
What fields of economics (methodology and history of thought inc.) interest you most? Private law and private reputation services
Briefly define Austrian economics. Austrian Economics is grounded in subjective value, which means that only individuals know what they value, and a market system forms around choice and private property. Systems of control cause economic and social destruction.
Have you majored in, or are majoring in economics? Yes
Have you ever taken an economics class? Yes
Have you ever read a principles level (“mainstream”) economics textbook? Yes
Have you ever read intermediate level (“mainstream”) economics textbook? Yes
Have you read any (“mainstream”) economic textbooks beyond the intermediate level? Yes
Have you read a paper from a non-Austrian academic journal? (If so which journal(s) and how many?) Yes- can’t remember, was a few years ago
Have you ever read a book by a non-Austrian economist? Yes- some of Patrick Minford’s on monetary policy
Have you ever had a conversation with the any of the faculty at the economics department of your university? Yes
Which economics related blogs do you read? LVMI- note I read less than I used to since I’m currently more interested in other topics such as educational philosophy
Do you listen to Econtalk or other non-Austrian economics related podcasts? Nope
What proportion of your time devoted to economics do you spend reading the works of faculty members of the LvMI Very little these days
Name your top 5 most economists in terms of influence on you. Mises, Hulsmann, Salerno, Block, Rothbard
Name your top 5 economist in terms of their ability as economists. Mises, Menger not sure beyond there
What books would you recommend to somebody coming to economics? Economics for Real People, Menger’s Principles, Human Action, MES
What fields of economics (methodology and history of thought inc.) interest you most? Methodology, Monetary Theory,
Briefly define Austrian economics. The a prioristic study of human action or the rationalist study of human action
What proportion of your time devoted to economics do you spend reading the works of faculty members of the LvMI: Haha! In the first few years almost all.
