Book Review: The Alternative Austrian Economics: A Brief History

Abstract

Recent efforts re-introduce the political economists of Austromarxism and their ideas to larger English-speaking audiences. John E. King’s _The Alternative Austrian Economics: A Brief History_ is another overall highly commendable contribution to that end. Anyone interested in the history of economic thought can benefit from King’s lucid reconstructions of economic theory, often embedded in the political and cultural context of interwar Vienna, and from the numerous references he provides for further study. King's history provides insight into the discourse in which eminent economists of the Austrian School developed their ideas and theories.