Edward Elgar Publishing Culture and Economic Action (New Thinking in Political Economy series)

Product Description Culture has been a relatively understudied subject within economics. Economists who have studied it often conceived of culture as a form of capital, treating it as a set of tools or a resource that certain groups possess and other groups do not. Austrian economics, in contrast, is a science of human behavior that is primarily concerned with making sense of meaningful human action. Because of this, Austrian economists are particularly well suited to inject cultural considerations into economic analysis. This edited volume, a collection of both theoretical essays and empirical studies, presents an Austrian economics perspective on the role of culture in economic action. The authors illustrate that culture cannot be separated from economic action, but that it is in fact part of all decision-making. Culture and Economic Action is an enlightening cross-disciplinary exploration that will appeal to all scholars in the social sciences, from anthropologists to economists. About the Author Edited by Laura E. Grube, Mercatus Center Dissertation Fellow, George Mason University and Visiting Instructor, Economics Department , Beloit College and Virgil Henry Storr, Senior Research Fellow and Director of Graduate Student Programs, Mercatus Center and Research Associate Professor of Economics, George Mason University, US