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Israel M. Kirzner

1930 - —

About the Author

Israel Kirzner (b. 1930) is among the foremost scholars in the Austrian School of economic thought. He studied at the University of Cape Town, the University of London, and received his PhD studying under Ludwig von Mises at New York University where he taught for many years. One of his major areas of research concerns the role of entrepreneurship in economic activity.

In The Library:

• author: The Best of the OLL No. 19: Israel Kirzner, “Entrepreneurial Activity and the General Market Process” (1963) (2013)
• author: The Best of the OLL No. 27: Israel Kirzner, “Efficiency, Coordination, and the Market Economy” (1963) (2013)
• author: The Economic Point of View (1960)
• author: The Economics of Ludwig von Mises: Toward a Critical Reappraisal (1976)
• author: The Foundations of Modern Austrian Economics (1976)
• author: The Intellectual Portrait Series: A Conversation with Israel Kirzner (2000)
• author: Market Theory and the Price System (1963)

Quotations:

• Kirzner defines economics as the reconciliation of conflicting ends given the existence of inescapable scarcity (1960) (29 June, 2010)