The Other Austrians
The Other Austrians
Author(s): Tamara EhsSubject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: STS Science Centre Ltd
Keywords: Austrian School; Economic crisis; Ferdinand Degenfeld-Schonburg; First Republic of Austria; Hans Mayer; Interwar Vienna; Ludwig Mises; Othmar Spann; Political Economy; Law Faculty of the University of Vienna.
Summary/Abstract: Some observers of the recent economic crisis compare it to the Great Depression of the 1930s and discuss interwar ideas bearing on these questions such as those of “the Austrians”. There is a lively treatment of Ludwig Mises and his pupils but the other Austrian discourse of this time is neglected, that of the three full professors of political economy at the law faculty of the University of Vienna: Othmar Spann, Hans Mayer and Ferdinand Degenfeld-Schonburg – “the Other Austrians”. This paper calls them to mind and gives an insight into their stances on the economic crisis.
Journal: Journal on European History of Law
- Issue Year: 2/2011
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 16-27
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English
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