An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought

Cover from the first volume of the 2006 Mises Institute edition of An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought

An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought is a work of economic history written by Murray N. Rothbard. Rothbard notes in the introduction that the book was originally conceived as a "standard Adam Smith-to-the-present moderately sized book"; however, in the process of writing it, Rothbard expanded the project into a multi-volume series, and expanded the scope of the project to include economists who preceded Smith. Only the first two volumes, Economic Thought Before Adam Smith and Classical Economics, were completed before Rothbard's death in 1995.

Release history

• Murray N. Rothbard, An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought. Ludwig von Mises Institute. Auburn, Alabama. February 1, 2006. ISBN 0-945466-48-X (2 Volume Hardback totaling 1,084 pages).
• Murray N. Rothbard, An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought. Edward Elgar Publishing. February 1995. ISBN 1-85278-962-X.

Excerpts

• Volume One, Chapter One: It All Began, As Usual, With The Greeks Full Text
• The Celebrated Adam Smith (Chapter 16) Full Text

Further reading

• Murray Rothbard on "Why I Wrote My Histories of Thought" Full Text
• A favorable review of An Austrian Perspective
• Free PDF and ePub downloads of the book on Mises.org

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