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"The Logic of Action" by Murray Rothbard

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I. Ryan Posted: Thu, Jul 16 2009 10:02 AM

I noticed that Rothbard wrote a two-volume book entitled "The Logic of Action". Is this book a compilation of unrelated essays? If so, who compiled it? Does it contain any essays or works by Rothbard that the mises.org store does not sell?

I ask this question because this book sells for close to $300 on amazon.com and I do not see it on the mises.org/store page.

Here are the amazon.com links:

http://www.amazon.com/Logic-Action-Austrian-Economists-Twentieth/dp/1858980151

http://www.amazon.com/Logic-Action-Applications-Criticism-Economists/dp/1858985706

If I wrote it more than a few weeks ago, I probably hate it by now.

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It looks like a collection of essays, search for the chapter titles and you might find many them free online.  Apparently Hoppe and Gordon wrote the introductions. I might add that I can think of only one person who owns the pair of books (and he's an academic).

Contents for vol. I here.

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Conza88 replied on Thu, Jul 16 2009 7:36 PM

Ohhh, those look good. Indifferent

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Conza88 replied on Mon, Jul 27 2009 9:37 AM

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Conza88 replied on Mon, Aug 10 2009 6:19 AM

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It looks like a collection of essays, search for the chapter titles and you might find many them free online.  Apparently Hoppe and Gordon wrote the introductions. I might add that I can think of only one person who owns the pair of books (and he's an academic).

Contents for vol. I here.

Any contents for vol. II ? Smile

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Found it: http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/bookentry_main.lasso?id=1223

(It's only £61 when purchased from Elgar!)

Also this site might be useful to you, Conza: http://www.booko.com.au/books/isbn/9781858985701

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jtucker replied on Mon, Aug 10 2009 8:39 AM

Yeah, this book is outrageously expensive.

How can I say this? Watch this space and look for a big book called Economic Controversies.

It will be a better book. and the price will be right.

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Conza88 replied on Mon, Aug 10 2009 8:55 AM

jtucker:

Yeah, this book is outrageously expensive.

How can I say this? Watch this space and look for a big book called Economic Controversies.

It will be a better book. and the price will be right.

Ha! Awesome.

Thanks Jeffrey.

 

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Conza88 replied on Mon, Sep 21 2009 10:12 AM

Conza88:
Ha! Awesome.

Thanks Jeffrey.

I'm impatient. Big Smile

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rpj83 replied on Mon, Sep 21 2009 8:01 PM

Indeed, I believe I first saw this book advertised in 2006!  I think it's Logic of Action plus a load of extra stuff.

Was wondering if it also included his unpublished essays on major philosophers (mentioned halfway down here: http://mises.org/events/109.)

 

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h4x5k8 replied on Thu, Sep 24 2009 5:14 PM

David Gordon thought it would be done by 2007. This must be taking much longer than the LvMI expected.

This is printed in the Bibliography section on Gordon's "Essential Rothbard"

1957
SCHOLARLY ARTICLES & CHAPTERS IN BOOKS:
“In Defense of ‘Extreme Apriorism’.” Southern Economic Journal 3, no. 23 (January
1957): 314–20. Reprinted in Austrian Economics, vol. 1, by Stephen Littlechild.
Brookfield, Vt.: Edward Elgar, 1990, pp. 445–51. Translated in French as
“L’apriorisme extrême” by François Guillaumat in Economistes et charlatans. Paris:
Les Belles Lettres, 1991, pp. 83–96. Reprinted in The Logic of Action One: Method,
Money, and the Austrian School. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar, 1997, pp.
100–10. Reprinted and expanded as Economic Controversies. Auburn, Ala.: Ludwig
von Mises Institute, 2007.

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Any news on this entry? I see Logic of Action is still expensive on Amazon and not on Mises store and Economic Controversies isn't there either.

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Le Master replied on Sat, Oct 24 2009 6:27 PM

Both volumes are available at my school library. I'm going to check it out next week.

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Le Master:

Both volumes are available at my school library. I'm going to check it out next week.

Scan and put in PDF! Creative Commons publishing!

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Conza88 Stick out tongue [:P] replied on Sat, Oct 24 2009 10:20 PM

Laughing Man:

Le Master:

Both volumes are available at my school library. I'm going to check it out next week.

Scan and put in PDF! Creative Commons publishing!

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Le Master replied on Sat, Oct 24 2009 11:40 PM

I'll try to get it scanned by the end of next week.  I have OCR Software and all, but doing this kind of thing isn't my métier, especially since I have such a cheapo printer/scanner.

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Haphazard scans of 'Logic of Action' > 300 bucks for a book.

 

 

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Le Master replied on Mon, Oct 26 2009 9:38 PM

I'm going to be pretty busy this week and weekend with tests and schoolwork, so it may not be till the beginning of next week that I get it scanned.

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jtucker replied on Mon, Oct 26 2009 10:00 PM

I think most of the essays are online individually.

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