Is the bridge between the Austrian and Chicago schools coming together or moving apart?In Vienna and Chicago, Friends or Foes? economist and author Mark Skousen debates the Austrian and Chicago schools of free-market economics, which differ in monetary policy, business cycle, government policy, and methodology. Both have played a successful role in advancing classic free-market economics and countering the critics of capitalism during crucial times and the battle of ideas. But, which of the two is correct in its theories?

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Vienna & Chicago, Friends or Foes?
A Tale of Two Schools of Free-Market Economics
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1. Introduction: A Tale of Two Schools
- Chapter 2. Old and New Vienna: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of the Austrian School
- Chapter 3. The Imperialist Chicago School
- Chapter 4. Methodenstreit: Should a Theory be Empirically Tested?
- Chapter 5. Gold vs. Fiat Money: What is the Ideal Monetary Standard?
- Chapter 6. Macroeconomics, the Great Depression, and the Business Cycle
- Chapter 7. Antitrust, Public Choice and Political Economy: What is the Proper Role of Government?
- Chapter 8. Who Are the Great Economists?
- Chapter 9. Faith and Reason in Capitalism
- Chapter 10. The Future of Free-Market Economics: How Far is Vienna from Chicago?
- Index
- About the Author
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