Introduction to Austrian Economics
What you'll learn
- Learn what makes Austrian Economics unique
- Learn about the main contributions of Austrian Economics
- Learn the main principles of praxeology
- Learn to understand the role of property and markets
Requirements
- There are no special requirements other than the desire to learn about Austrian Economics
Description
Introduction to Austrian Economics
Course Outline
1. What is unique about Austrian Economics?
A video clip that introduces the central concepts of Austrian Economics, such as human action, time preference, uncertainty, economic calculation, entrepreneurship, market process, and spontaneous order.
2. The rise of the Austrian School
Video slides of the timeline of the history of the Austrian School, presenting the main contributions of the Salamanca School, Carl Menger, Eugen v. Böhm-Bawerk, Ludwig v. Mises, and Friedrich v. Hayek a explaining the relevance of Austrian economics for today.
3. What is “human action”?
Video slides about the definition of human action, and the axiomatic foundation of praxeology. Implications, such as time preference and subjective choice, the rejection of anthropomorphism and hypostasis, and the deduction of the plea for cooperation and friendliness.
4. Uncertainty and contingency
Vido slides about the role of speculation and entrepreneurship. The lecture examines the function of profit and loss in the market economy, the emergence of social order in a world where the future is unknown, and how prices serve as an orientation about allocation of the available resources.
5. Property, markets, and capital
Video slides about private property and free markets for capital accumulation. Explaining the concept of economic calculation in a world void of equilibrium and certainty. How to deal with unexpected change. The role of incentives and information. Markets as a discovery process. How the market economy deals with complexity.
6. Bibliography
PDF with an annotated list of further readings.
Your instructor:
Dr. Antony P. Mueller
Dr. Antony Peter Mueller is a distinguished professor of economics and a renowned scholar of Austrian economics with extensive international teaching and research experience. He has authored multiple books and numerous scholarly articles, contributing significantly to the field of economics.
His most recent book is “A Primer on Austrian Macroeconomics”, to be published in January 2025 by Palgrave Macmillan, London.
Who this course is for:
- The study of Austrian Economics brings a perspective to your life by which you not only will see politics, society and the economy in a different light but also learn about the principles of human action.
Instructor
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Dr. Antony Peter Mueller is a distinguished economics professor and a renowned Austrian economics scholar with extensive international teaching and research experience. He has authored multiple books and numerous scholarly articles. His main area of research is Austrian capital theory.
Antony Mueller studied economics and law as majors, political science and philosophy as minors, foreign languages, and country studies in Germany, the United States, England, and Spain. He holds a Doctorate in Economics (summa cum laude) from the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU-UEN), Germany, and is currently a professor at the Mises Academy in São Paulo.
Dr. Mueller was a Fulbright Scholar and a DAAD/CAPES visiting professor who taught and did research at universities in Europe, the United States, and Latin America.
He is an Associate Scholar of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, USA, a Distinguished Member of the Mises Brazil Institute, a Senior Fellow at the American Institute of Economic Research (AIER), and a member of the Scientific Council of the German Ludwig von Mises Institute, and of the libertarian party of Germany.
Dr. Antony Mueller is acclaimed for his teaching excellence. He has taught students from diverse backgrounds, bringing a unique and global perspective to his teaching approach.