The following are my posts discussing the "founding document" of Austrian economics, the revolutionary book Principles of Economics by Carl Menger (available for free in HTML and PDF on Mises.org). The fundamentals found in this book are the most important concepts for a sound understanding of economics.
Blogging Menger: a preface to this series of posts.
Introduction
Historical Context and Methodology of Menger's Principles
Chapter 1
General Theory of Goods
- Menger on Goods
- Menger on Orders of Goods
- Menger on Complementary Goods
- Higher Ground via Higher Orders
- Menger on Time and Uncertainty
Chapter 2
Economy and Economic Goods
- Menger on Human Drives and Human Nature
- Menger on Requirements
- Menger on Foresight
- Menger on Effective and Latent Requirements
- Menger on Foreseeing Requirements
- Menger on Available Quantities
- Menger on Economizing
- Menger on Property
- Menger on Economic vs. Non-Economic Goods
- Menger on Natural Communism
- Economic Character of Higher Order Goods and the Deductive Method of Menger
- Menger and the Teleological Nature of Economics
- Menger on Wealth and Prosperity
Chapter 3
Theory of Value
- Value Theory Before Menger
- Menger and Value-Free Universals
- Further Mengerian Insights on Value
- Mengerian Marginalism
- Menger's Value Scale
- Menger on Multi-Purpose Homogenous Goods
- A Mengerian Solution to the Diamond-Water Paradox
- Menger On Qualitatively Different Goods
This series of posts is a long-term work in progress. New posts can be found here and on the Menger Tag Page.
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