Austrian Economics Re-Examined

First published 2015
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O’Driscoll, Gerald P.

[Economics of time and ignorance]

Austrian economics re-examined : the economics of time and

ignorance / Mario Rizzo and Gerald P. O’Driscoll, Jr.

pages cm. - (Routledge foundations of the market economy)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Austrian school of economists. 2. Time and economic reactions.

3. Uncertainty. I. Rizzo, Mario J. II. Title.

HB98.O372 2014

330.15’7.dc23

2014016617

ISBN: 978-1-138-02300-0 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-77673-6 (ebk)

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