Philosophers of Capitalism Menger, Mises,

Philosophers of Capitalism provides an interdisciplinary approach, attempting to discover the feasibility of an integration of Austrian Economics and Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism. Edward W. Younkins supplies essays presenting the essential ideas of Carl Menger, Ludwig von Mises, and Ayn Rand, as well as scholarly essays discussing the theorists and the interaction of their theories.

Preface

ix

Introduction

1

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Part I: Essential Ideas

1 Carl Menger's Austrian Aristotelianism

15

(34)

Edward W. Younkins

2 Misesian Praxeology as the Path to Progress

49

(32)

Edward W. Younkins

3 Ayn Rand's Philosophy for Living on Earth

81

(32)

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Part II: Scholarly Perspectives

4 The Methodological Debate between Carl Menger and the German Historicists

113

(20)

Samuel Bostaph

5 Truth in Economic Subjectivism

133

(10)

Gloria L. Zúñiga

6 Ludwig von Mises and the Paradigm for Our Age

143

(12)

Murray N. Rothbard

7 Ludwig von Mises and the Austrian School of Economics

155

(18)

Jeffrey M. Herbener

8 Rand on Obligation and Value

173

(14)

Douglas B. Rasmussen

9 The Growing Industry in Ayn Rand Scholarship

187

(12)

Chris Matthew Sciabarra

10 Aristotle, Menger, Mises: An Essay in the Metaphysics of Economics

199

(24)

Barry Smith

11 The Libertarian Minimal State? A Critique of the Views of Nozick, Levin, and Rand

223

(16)

Walter Block

12 Austrian Subjectivism vs. Objectivism

239

(14)

Richard C.B. Johnsson

13 Reappraising Austrian Economics' Basic Tenets in the Light of Aristotelian Ideas

253

(24)

Ricardo F. Crespo

14 Praxeology, Economics, and Law: Issues and Implications

277

(22)

Larry J. Sechrest

15 Reason in Economics versus Ethics

299

(24)

Tibor R. Machan

Part III: The Future

16 Toward the Development of a Paradigm for a Free Society

323

(26)

Edward W. Younkins

Index

349

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About the Editor

369

(2)

About the Contributors

371

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Philosophers of Capitalism Menger, Mises, Rand, and Beyond

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