Born on 17 February 1930 in London, the son of a rabbi and Talmudist.
Lived in Cape Town from 1940.
From 1947, studied at the University of Cape Town and as an external student at the University of London.
An external student in the University of London's External Programme, 1950–1951.[2]
Completed his B.A. at Brooklyn College in 1954.
Completed his MBA at New York University in 1955.
Completed his Ph.D. at New York University in 1957; a student of Ludwig von Mises.[1]
Held various positions at New York University from 1957 (initially as Assistant Professor, then appointed to a chair in 1968). Together with Ludwig Lachmann, he built a study programme in the tradition of the Austrian School. He retired as professor emeritus in 2001.[1]
Publication of “Market Theory and the Price System”, the foundation of his theory of the market and of entrepreneurship.[1]
Publication of “Methodological Individualism, Market Equilibrium and Market Process”.
Publication of “Competition and Entrepreneurship” (1973), his principal work on entrepreneurship theory and the market process.[1]
Awarded the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research (2006).[3]
Took his doctorate under Mises at NYU and became his successor there as the foremost representative of the Austrian tradition in the USA.[1]
Lavoie promovierte 1981 an der NYU bei Kirzner mit einer Dissertation zur sozialistischen Kalkulationsdebatte.
Sautet betreute zusammen mit Boettke die Herausgabe der "Collected Works of Israel M. Kirzner" (Liberty Fund) — enge akademische Kollaboration mit Schüler-Charakter.[4]
Teilnehmer am Mises-Privatseminar in New York 1949–1959 (NYU-Phase) — direkter Anschluss an die Wiener Privatseminar-Tradition über Mises.[2]
At New York University, in collaboration with Ludwig Lachmann, he offered a study programme in the tradition of the Austrian School, from which numerous economists emerged.
Mitglied der Mont Pèlerin Society — Wikipedia EN führt Kirzner explizit als MPS-Mitglied im klassisch-liberalen Netzwerk.[2]
Israel M. Kirzner in the context of the School as a whole — five generations, their teacher-student lineages, circles and collegial ties.
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