I am an experienced Wikipedia editor (here is a list of featured articles I have written and a list of acknowledgements [including best military historian of 2008!] and whatnot), but I left Wikipedia in February 2009 because I was getting bored, frustrated and I generally don’t like writing something and then having it vandalized (it requires constant upkeep). Yesterday (9 August 2009), they put another one of my featured articles on the main page and it motivated me to return. However, I don’t want to waste my time with military history. It’s a great hobby, but economics is more pertinent to my career (well, I an university student, but still) and I’d like to write on Austrian topics.
The most logical place to start, in my opinion, is with the Austrian Business Cycle Theory article. But, this will require a lot of work and a lot of reading. Admittedly, my printed library on economics and libertarian studies is pretty small.
Other than the books I already own, what would be the best sources on the Austrian Business Cycle Theory? Also, because Wikipedia is “unbiased” (which means that if it’s not mainstream it’s obviously wrong) I have to also list and explain critiques. What are the different critiques and where can I find “reliable” sources on them? Their legitimacy doesn’t matter, as long as they are major, recognized critiques.
Thank you! I hope to make ACBT my 15th featured article.
“The Austrian Theory of the Trade Cycle and Other Essays” and “Prosperity and Depression”. This, along with those links and other books I have, be enough to cover the ABCT. Now, I just need to find a good pool of critiques (this will be difficult to write on, given that there will be the motivation to refute them, but that will lead to edit warring and whatnot).
I do have my own blog, and write daily (except on weekends). But, Wikipedia gets more viewers and an article on economic theory would be nice and easy to get onto the main page if/when featured.
This is an article from Economica by Lachmann. I’d also follow more works by Roger Garrison. Also, try reading Jesus Huerta de Soto who has been mentioned in the same breath as great economists like Milton Friedman, George Stigler, and John Taylor at CNE for a lifetime of achievement.
Yes, I have both English editions of Huerta’s books (well, by accident really). They will definately be used as sources. On a topic like this though, telling from my experience, it’s best to have as many sources as possible (and the higher the density the better, because it makes it harder for others to change information without it being visible).
