Calculation and Coordination: Essays on Socialism and Transitional Political Economy (Routledge Foundations of the Market Economy)

by Peter J. Boettke

This collection of essays from one of the major Austrian economists working in the world today brings together in one place some of his key writings on a variety of economic issues.

Genres: Economics, Politics

370 pages, Paperback

First published November 23, 2000

About the author

Peter Joseph Boettke is an American economist of the Austrian School. He is currently a University Professor of Economics and Philosophy at George Mason University; the BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism, Vice President for Research, and Director of the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at GMU.

Reviews

[Dio Mavroyannis]

I am not really sure who the target audience of the book is. Essay books usually have more precise topics while here it seems too general. I highly recommend the first couple of chapters. When it starts discussing the USSR it becomes a bit stale because of the structure of the book.
The good:
The book is very well researched and each chapter is independent.
I LOVE his use of syllogisms I find that it makes the topics much clearer.
The first few chapter on calculation, coase, etc are great expositions and it picks up again towards the end.
The bad:
I didn't get the concept of the structure of the book. It seemed very repetitive perhaps because it tries to have independent chapters.
The USSR chapter are too stale.