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Israel Meir Kirzner (Yisroel Mayer Kirzner) (born
February 13, 1930) is a leading economist in the
Austrian School.

==Early life==
Libertarianism

The son of a well-known rabbi and Talmudist,
Kirzner was born in London, England and came to
the United States via South Africa.

==Education==

He received his Bachelor of Arts|BA summa cum
laude from Brooklyn College in 1954, an MBA in
1955 and Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D. from New York
University in 1957 when he was studying under
Ludwig von Mises.

==Economics==

Kirzner's major work is in the economics of
entrepreneurship and ethics and economics. He is a
professor at New York University, and is the
leading authority on Ludwig von Mises' thinking
and methodology in economics.

==Author==

Some of his major works on economics include: 

*"Entrepreneurial Discovery and The Competitive
Market Process: An Austrian Approach," Journal of
Economic Literature. (March 1997)
*The Meaning of Market Process. (Routledge 1992)
*Discovery, Capitalism and Distributive Justice.
(Basil Blackwell 1989)
*Competition and Entrepreneurship. (Chicago 1973).

==Orthodox Judaism expert==

Kirzner is also an ordained Haredi Judaism|Haredi
rabbi and Talmud scholar, and serves as the rabbi
of the congregation once headed by his father in
Brooklyn, New York. He is one of the most famous
disciples of Rabbi Isaac Hutner, the late dean of
the Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin, where he studied
for many years during the same years he obtained
his academic training. Kirzner is an authority on
Hutner's writings and is one of the few official
editors of all sources that Hutner quotes.

==External links==

*http://www.econ.nyu.edu/user/kirzner/ Israel
Kirzner's Faculty Page
*http://www.freescholars.org Israel Kirzner's
bibliography
*http://www.mises.org/journals/aen/aen17_1_1.asp
An Interview with Israel M. Kirzner:Between Mises
and Keynes 
*http://freebooks.entrewave.com/freebooks/docs/htm
l/gnde/Appendix_B.htm Gary North (founder of the
Institute for Christian Economics) examines Israel
Kirzner's doctrines in Inheritance and Dominion:
Individualism, Holism and Covenantalism
*http://www.libertyhaven.com/theoreticalorphilosop
hicalissues/supplysideeconomics/kirznersupplydeman
d.shtml James Ahiakpor (chairman of the Dept of
economics at California State University): Israel
Kirzner on Supply and Demand
*http://www.boogieonline.com/revolution/commerce/e
conomic/books/kirzner.html  Notes on Kirzner's
Competition and Entrepreneurship
*http://www.auburn.edu/~garriro/r24kirzner.htm The
Undiscountable Professor Kirzner: Essays on
Capital and Interest: An Austrian Perspective
Reviewed by Roger W. Garrison
*http://www.dmoz.org/Science/Social_Sciences/Econo
mics/Schools_of_Thought/Austrian_School/People/Kir
zner,_Israel_M/ List of links from the Open
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