Israel Kirzner

The entrepreneur discovers

Alertness and market process.

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Governance−24

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Social−30

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The Austrian economist and rabbi who placed the alert, opportunity-discovering entrepreneur at the centre of the market process, deepening the case for unplanned coordination.

social

Orthodox-traditional in personal life (a rabbi).

economic

Reframed the market around entrepreneurial discovery of opportunity.

governance

Minimal-state classical liberal.

Notable for

Theory of entrepreneurial discovery
'Competition and Entrepreneurship'
Austrian revival

entrepreneurshipmarket-processaustrian-school

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