Economics is often used in literary studies, but rarely free market economics. Austrian economics, with its emphasis on subjective value (Menger), human action (Mises), spontaneous order and knowledge (Hayek), and entrepreneurship (Kirzner), seems a particularly fruitful source of ideas for literary studies.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Henry Hazlitt, Literary Critic
A shorter version of Allen Mendenhall's article Henry Hazlitt, Literary Critic can now be found at Mises.org. He makes an interesting proposition: fusing Hazlitt's literary theory with his economics. Who wants to get started on that project?
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