Teaching Austrian Economics at the University of Iowa

[Patrick_Barron]

I will be teaching a course in Austrian economics at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, for the spring semester, which starts on January 19th. I taught a similar course last spring and it was very well received. This one will be slightly different–we’ll read different books–but there will be no prerequisite of having to have taken the course a year ago. I worked with the administration so that students who took my course last spring can take this one and still get a full three semester hours of credit. I plan to use Rothbard’s The Mystery of Banking and Reisman’s Capitalism as textbooks. I am still outlining the course curriculum, so if anyone has some suggestions, please pass them along to me at PatrickBarron@msn.com.

[Giant_Joe]

Excellent!

…I don’t have anything in the way of suggestions, though.

[DanielMuffinburg]

@Patrick Barron

I will be teaching a course in Austrian economics at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, for the spring semester, which starts on January 19th. I taught a similar course last spring and it was very well received. This one will be slightly different–we’ll read different books–but there will be no prerequisite of having to have taken the course a year ago. I worked with the administration so that students who took my course last spring can take this one and still get a full three semester hours of credit. I plan to use Rothbard’s The Mystery of Banking and Reisman’s Capitalism as textbooks. I am still outlining the course curriculum, so if anyone has some suggestions, please pass them along to me at PatrickBarron@msn.com.

Reisman’s Capitalism might be to much for beginners to Austrian Economics. Have you considered any of these:

http://store.mises.org/Essentials-of-Economics-P471.aspx

http://store.mises.org/Economics-in-One-Lesson-P33.aspx

http://store.mises.org/Concise-Guide-to-Economics-The-P193.aspx

What about making a reader for intro to Austrian Economics?