Economics for Entrepreneurs

ECONOMICS FOR ENTREPRENEURSby Joseph P HawranekI wanted to put a course together that could have been helpful to students and to others who are entrepreneurial. I searched for a proper textbook and came across one by Robert P Murphy. It was called Lessons For The Young Economist.

It was published by the Ludwig von Mises Institute and accordingly follows the Austrian school of economics. I have learned to prefer that school in contrast to that taught in most schools of economics - John Maynard Keynes - Keynesian. I do not like the Keynes theory in today's world since it applied to a depression and uses only government to get one out of the depression - - - spend, spend, spend.

We are currently in a major debt cycle and we have 320 million people who are creative, productive and free. Many think of creating and starting their own businesses because they instinctively know that they would be better off by producing for oneself rather than relying on the state. This course was created for them.

It assumes no knowledge of economics. It only assumes that the reader is intelligent and interested in learning something that may help him create or run a business. The course does cover all the main tenants of economics.