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.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Evolutionary Psychology and the Antimarket Bias
Toban Wiebe has an interesting article that could provide for a bridge between Austrian economics and evolutionary psychology: Evolutionary Psychology and the Antimarket Bias. Such insights might provide for an interesting bridge between Darwinian and Austrian economics approaches to studying literature.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Welcome
I am hoping that this blog will be a place where people can come together and discuss the use of Austrian economics in the study of literature.
I decided to start this blog because I have seen how some of the economics blogs I follow act as places where people can discuss their ideas and methods, and even post initial thoughts on papers, leading to discussions that lead to more and better ideas. I think that those of us who use Austrian economics in literary studies could benefit from having a place like this where ideas can be developed and discussed. I hope that that is what this will become.
I decided to start this blog because I have seen how some of the economics blogs I follow act as places where people can discuss their ideas and methods, and even post initial thoughts on papers, leading to discussions that lead to more and better ideas. I think that those of us who use Austrian economics in literary studies could benefit from having a place like this where ideas can be developed and discussed. I hope that that is what this will become.
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