An Introduction to Economic Reasoning

An Introduction to Economic Reasoning is a book by American historian David Gordon. The text is aimed at a younger audience, and focuses on teaching the reader how to think about economic problems in a manner consistent with the Austrian School tradition. Its chapters on action, preference, demand and supply, value theory, money, and price controls, emphasize deductive logic, the market process, and the failures of government intervention.

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 * "Economic Reasoning: The Most Common Fallacies" lecture by David Gordon, July 2009


 * Related courses
 * Economic Reasoning Mises Academy course by David Gordon