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Israel Meir Kirzner (Yisroel Mayer
Kirzner) (born February 13, 1930) is a leading economist
in the Austrian
School.
Early
life
The son of a well-known rabbi
and Talmudist, Kirzner was born in London, England and came to the United States via
South Africa.
Education
After studying with the University of Cape Town, South
Africa in 1947-48 and with the University of London External Programme in
1950-51, Kirzner received his B.A. summa cum
laude from Brooklyn College in 1954, an MBA in 1955 and Ph.D.
from New
York University in 1957 (studying under Ludwig von
Mises).
Economics
Kirzner's major work is in the economics of knowledge and entrepreneurship and the ethics of
markets. He is emeritus professor of economics at New York
University, and is a leading authority on Ludwig von Mises'
thinking and methodology in economics.
Author
Some of his major works on economics include:
- "Entrepreneurial Discovery and The Competitive Market Process:
An Austrian Approach," Journal of Economic Literature. (March
1997)
- The Meaning of Market Process. (Routledge 1992)
- Discovery, Capitalism and Distributive Justice. (Basil Blackwell
1989)
- The Economic Point of View: An Essay in the History of
Economic Thought. (Kansas City: Sheed and Ward, Inc., 1976; [1])
- Competition and Entrepreneurship, (Chicago 1973), ISBN
0-226-43776-0.
Orthodox
Judaism expert
Kirzner is also an ordained Haredi rabbi and Talmud scholar, and serves as the rabbi of the
congregation once headed by his father in Brooklyn, New York. He is one of the most
famous disciples of Rabbi Isaac Hutner, the late
dean of the Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin,
where he studied for many years during the same years he obtained
his academic training. Kirzner is an authority on Hutner's writings
and is one of the few official editors of all sources that Hutner
quotes.
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