One of the earliest attempts at formulating a systematic religious approach to economics was undertaken by neo-Calvinists, first in the Netherlands, and later in the twentieth century also in the Anglo-Saxon world. While their approach to and achievements in economics have received due...

F. A. Hayek published The Road to Serfdom in 1944, so 2019 marks the 75th anniversary of the event. The paper traces how Hayek came to write the book, who his opponents were, and how the book got interpreted by both friends and critics after its publication. Because the book is more typically...

Max Weber's relationship to economics in general and to the Austrian School in particular has received more attention recently. However, this literature as conducted by Weber scholars and by Austrian economists exhibits two major deficiencies. First, the studies are often either purely...

Austrian economics, classical political economy and influences from the German historical school form Lederer's background. His contributions to business cycle theory reflect this diverse heritage. This paper traces the development of Lederer's business cycle explanation from his 1925...

This paper contrasts the German and English traditions of "Historical Economics" and explains their differences by positioning these two traditions in the specific institutional contexts in which they developed