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A BRIEF DEFENSE OF MISES'S CONCEPTION
OF TIME PREFERENCE AND HIS PURE TIME
PREFERENCE THEORY OF INTERET

G. P. Manish

 

The Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, Vol. 211, N. 21, Summer 2018, pgs., 95 - 109

 
 

Reviewer Comment: This is a response to Mateusz Machaj's comments that he published in his book - Money, Interest and the Structure of Production in 2017. In that book Machaj critized von Mises's theory of time preference. He claimed that time preference exists only in certain conditions. He also critized von Mises for failing to write a coherent explaination for the spread beween the prices of inputs and output in the production process. Manish sets out to argue that von Mises's theory is valid and his explaination is also valid.

 
 

I. Introduction

 
 

II. Mises and the Pure Time Preference Theory of Interest: The two Important Criticisms of Machaj

 
 

III. Human Action, Value Judgments and Value Imputation

 
 

IV. Change, Uncertainty and Time Preference

 
 

V. Time Preference and Monetasry Surplus Within the Production Structure
1. Time Preference and the Value Spread Between Input and Output: The Case of a Crusoe Economy

2. Time Preference and the Price Spread between Input and Output: The Case of a Monetary Economy

 
 

VI. Conclusion

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 

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