Does anyone know what happened with the hermenetical invasion of economics? I keep hearing references to it by David Gordon and Murray Rothbard but they are obvious opponents so I was looking for a balanced view of this event.
Their view is balanced. Either way, look up Hoppe's In Defense of Extreme Rationalism and Selgin's Praxeology and Understanding. They mention economists in favour of a hermeneutic approach.
Freedom of markets is positively correlated with the degree of evolution in any society...
Long is about as balanced as can be on the issue I think. He doesn't come down in favour of the hermeneuticists, but he does a good job of showing in which respects they are right. But I think that Hoppe's paper is still the most scathing critique of their position out there.
I believe Long also discusses hermeneutics in a favorable light in Wittgenstein, Austrian Economics, and the Logic of Action.
Market anarchist, Linux geek, aspiring Perl hacker, and student of the neo-Aristotelians, the classical individualist anarchists, and the Austrian school.
hey, thanks.
Murray Rothbard: The Hermeneutical Invasion of Economics, David Gordon: Hermeneutics vs. Austrian Economics.
Gordon isn't a huge fan as far as I'm aware, he trashes Boettke and company in some of his book reviews.
"You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows"
Bob Dylan
Jon Irenicus:Long is about as balanced as can be on the issue I think. He doesn't come down in favour of the hermeneuticists, but he does a good job of showing in which respects they are right.
Roderick is really good at finding a middle ground between opposing positions.
AnalyticalAnarchism.net - The Positive Political Economy of Anarchism
Anyone know any good sources from Boettke and company?
February 17 - 1600 - Giordano Bruno is burnt alive by the catholic church. Aquinas : "much more reason is there for heretics, as soon as they are convicted of heresy, to be not only excommunicated but even put to death."
Here's an article by Boettke.
I guess the best place to go would be Economics and Hermeneutics by Lavoie.