KIRZNER, Israel M(ayer) 1930-

PERSONAL: Born February 13, 1930, in London, England; naturalized U.S. citizen; son of E. Wulf and Annie (Bloch) Kirzner; married Charlotte Nussbaum, 1957; children: Pinchas E., Sarah R., Isaac E. Education: Brooklyn College (now Brooklyn College of the City University of New York), B.A., 1954; New York University, M.B.A., 1955, Ph.D., 1957.

ADDRESSES: Office—Department of Economics, New York University, New York, NY 10003.

CAREER: New York University, New York, NY, assistant professor 1957-61, associate professor, 1961-68, professor of economics, 1968—.

MEMBER: American Economic Association, Royal Economic Society, Econometric Society, American Statistical Association, Phi Beta Kappa.

AWARDS, HONORS: Volker Fund fellow, 1956-57; Earhart Foundation fellow, 1957.

WRITINGS:

The Economic Point of View: An Essay in the History of Economic Thought, Van Nostrand (New York, NY), 1960, 2nd edition, Cato Institute, 1976.

Market Theory and the Price System, Van Nostrand (New York, NY), 1963.

An Essay on Capital, Augustus M. Kelley, 1966.

Competition and Entrepeneurship, University of Chicago Press (Chicago, IL), 1978.

Perception, Opportunity and Profit: Studies in the Theory of Entrepreneurship, University of Chicago Press (Chicago, IL), 1979.

Perils of Regulation: A Market Process Approach, University of Miami (Miami, FL), 1979.

(Editor) Method, Process, and Austrian Economics: Essays in Honor of Ludwig von Mises, Lexington Books (Lexington, MA), 1982.

Discovery and the Capitalist Process, University of Chicago Press (Chicago, IL), 1985.

(Editor) Subjectivism, Intelligibility, and Economic Understanding: Essays in Honor of Ludwig M. Lachmann on his Eightieth Birthday, New York University Press (New York, NY), 1986.

Discovery, Capitalism, and Distributive Justice, B. Blackwell (Oxford, England), 1989.

The Meaning of Market Process: Essays in the Development of Modern Austrian Economics, Routledge (New York, NY), 1992.

Classics in Austrian Economics: A Sampling in the History of Tradition, Ashgate (Burlington, VT), 1994.

Essays on Capital and Interest: An Austrian Perspective, Edward Elgar (Northampton, MA), 1996.

The Driving Force of the Market: Essays in Austrian Economics, Routledge (New York, NY), 2000.

Ludwig von Mises: The Man and His Economics, ISI Books (Wilmington, DE), 2001.

Contributor of numerous articles to scholarly journals.

SIDELIGHTS: Known as the recent leader of the Austrian School of Economics, Israel M. Kirzner has specialized in the study of market economies, particularly capitalism, and has written or edited several books on these subjects. Among his most important works is Discovery, Capitalism, and Distributive Justice, in which he employs an economic argument to refute those who challenge the ethics of profitkeeping. Kirzner also received significant attention for Ludwig von Mises: The Man and His Economics, which focuses on the work of the renowned Austrianborn economist who advocated for free markets and consumer power.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

periodicals

Booklist, May 1, 2001, David Rouse, review of Ludwig von Mises: The Man and His Economics, p. 1648.

Canadian Banker, October, 1986, Manuel Werner, review of Discovery and the Capitalist Process, p. 58.

Choice, October, 1992, D. D. Miller, review of The Meaning of Market Process: Essays in the Development of Modern Austrian Economics, p. 352; February, 1995, J. Murdock, review of Classics in Austrian Economics: A Sampling in the History of a Tradition, p. 977; January, 2002, J. M. Nowakowski, review of Ludwig von Mises, p. 930.

Economic History Review, November, 2001, Keith Tribe, review of The Driving Force of the Market: Essays in Austrian Economics, p. 814.

Economic Journal, May, 1993, Mark Blaug, review of The Meaning of Market Process, p. 757.

History of Political Economy, spring, 1990, Maurice Lagueux, review of Subjectivism, Intelligibility and Economic Understanding: Essays in Honor of Ludwig M. Lachmann on his Eightieth Birthday, p. 178; fall, 1993, Paul L. Robertson, review of The Meaning of Market Process, p. 557.

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, April, 1988, Harvey Leibenstein, review of Discovery and the Capitalist Process, p. 316; July, 1994, Roger Koppl, review of The Meaning of Market Process, p. 245.

Journal of Economic Literature, September, 1981, review of Perception, Opportunity, and Profit: Studies in the Theory of Entrepreneurship, p. 1076; December, 1983, review of Method, Process, and Austrian Economics: Essays in Honor of Ludwig von Mises, p. 1506; June, 1986, review of Discovery and the Capitalist Process, p. 753; December, 1986, review of Subjectivism, Intelligibility and Economic Understanding, p. 1865; December, 1990, review of Discovery, Capitalism, and Distributive Justice, p. 1779; December, 1992, review of The Meaning of the Market Process, p. 2196; March, 1995, review of Classics in Austrian Economics, p. 293; June, 1997, review of Essays on Capital and Interest: An Austrian Perspective, p. 844.

Manchester School of Economic and Social Studies, Marcy, 1990, Alexander Shand, review of Discovery, Capitalism, and Distributive Justice, p. 91.

National Review, February 19, 1990, Brad Miner, review of Discovery, Capitalism, and Distributive Justice, p. 56; November 19, 2001, Michael Potemra, "Shelf Life," p. 60.

Southern Economic Journal, October, 1986, Humberto Barreto, review of Discovery and the Capitalist Process, p. 529; April, 1993, Richard A. Gonce, review of The Meaning of Market Process, p. 839.*