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Spring 2010

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Volume 25, Number 2

Categories: Entrepreneurship | Spring 2010

A Comment on Klein/Briggeman and Kirzner

Gene Callahan, Cardiff University

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise25(2),2010,105-115ACommentonKlein/BriggemanandKirznerGeneCallahan*CardiffUniversityAbstractThispaperisacommentonadebatebetweenIsraelKirznerandDanKleinandJasonBriggemanonthemeaningofKirzner'sworkoncoordinationanditsimplicationsforpolicy.Itsuggeststhat,althoughKleinandBriggemanhavegottensomeaspectsofKirznerincorrect,neverthelesstheymakeanimportantpointinindicatingreallimitationsastohowmuchpurelypositiveeconomicscansayaboutpolicy.JELCodes:A10,B00,C7,D2Keywords:Coordination;Concatenation;Discovery;Entrepreneurship;CollingwoodItisaprivilegetobeaskedtocommentonsuchaninterestingdebateasthepresentone,involvingeconomistswhomIrespectgreatly,concerningaquestionasimportantashowmuchthetheoryofpurelypositiveeconomicscansayaboutvitalpolicyissuesfacingreal-worldpoliticalactors.Assuch,IwanttothankEdwardStringhamforgrantingmethisopportunity.WhenIfirstwasaskedtocontributetothisvolume,Imustadmittoexperiencingsome“feltuneasiness”:whatwouldIhavetosayonthistopicthatwasn’talreadysaidbetterbyoneortheotherofthemainprotagonistsinvolvedhere?ButaftergivingcarefulthoughttothechallengeofKleinandBriggeman(who,henceforth,followingKirzner,IwillrefertoasK-B)toKirzner’sposition,aswellastheresponseofthelatter,IcametobelievethatImightbeable,afterall,toofferaperspectiveonthisdebatethatatleastprovidesmoresubstancethanwouldmyremarking,“Wow,willyouwatchthemgoatit!”Thecauseofthis(partial)alleviationofmyuneasinesswasthat,themoreIcontemplatedthesetwopapers,themoreIfoundmyselfoccupyingsomewhatofamiddlegroundbetweenthetwoopposingcamps;*GeneCallahaniscompletinghisPh.D.inPoliticsatCardiffUniversityandisavisitingfellowintheDepartmentofEconomicsatNewYorkUniversity.105

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Title	A Comment on Klein/Briggeman and Kirzner
Authors/Creators:	Gene Callahan, Cardiff University
Year:	2010
Volume:	25
Number:	2
Pages:	105 - 115
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Economic coordination, Liberalism, Methodology, Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek, Israel Kirzner, Austrian economics, Market economy, Discovery, Concatenation

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Callahan, Gene / 2010. "A Comment on Klein/Briggeman and Kirzner." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 25(2): 105-115.