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The Austrian School Of Economics

So-called Austrian economics, which was founded by scholars at the University of Vienna 150 years ago (hence the name), is an alternative approach to understanding the economy that embraces entrepreneurship and even sees it as the driving force of the market. To “Austrians,” as the followers of this tradition call themselves, the market is best understood as a process that is never in general equilibrium.

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Modern economics is a theory of the economy that leaves no place for the entrepreneur. So where should entrepreneurs turn to improve their understanding? The Austrian school of economics might be the answer.

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