Competition and Entrepreneurship
defines Israel M. Kirzner’s unique contribution to the economics profession. Pointing out the shortcomings of the traditional microeconomic model, Kirzner offers an alternative and complementary view, which illuminates and enriches the way economists think of the market process. Kirzner develops a theory of the market process that focuses on the role of the pure entrepreneurial element in human action.
Israel M. Kirzner is a leading economist in the Austrian School and Professor Emeritus of Economics at New York University.
Peter J. Boettke is UniversityProfessor of Economics and Philosophy at George Mason Universityand the BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism at the Mercatus Center.
Frédéric Sautet is a visiting associate professor of economics at the Catholic Universityof America. Previously, he has taught at George Mason University, New York University, and the Universityof Paris Dauphine.