John E. King, Emeritus Professor of Economics, La Trobe University, Australia

'Economists associate the Austrian school with the free market classical liberal ideas of Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich Hayek, Professor King describes the ideas of another group of Austrian economists: Marxists who were active in Vienna in the early twentieth century, and later Austro-Marxists who built on their work. King's book is a delightful description of this intellectual community, and explains how their work was designed to be an extension and updating of Marx's ideas.'--Randall G. Holcombe, Florida State University, US

• Contents: 1. Introduction 2. ‘Red Vienna’ and the Roots of Austro-Marxism 3. The Young Rudolf Hilferding 4. Otto Bauer 1904-1914 5. The Economics of Socialism 6. Otto Bauer 1917-1938 7. Other Voices 8. The Heirs. I: Josef Steindl 9. The Heirs. II: Kurt Rothschild 10. What is Left Bibliography Index

John E. King, Emeritus Professor of Economics, La Trobe University, Australia

'Economists associate the Austrian school with the free market classical liberal ideas of Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich Hayek, Professor King describes the ideas of another group of Austrian economists: Marxists who were active in Vienna in the early twentieth century, and later Austro-Marxists who built on their work. King's book is a delightful description of this intellectual community, and explains how their work was designed to be an extension and updating of Marx's ideas.'--Randall G. Holcombe, Florida State University, US

• Contents: 1. Introduction 2. ‘Red Vienna’ and the Roots of Austro-Marxism 3. The Young Rudolf Hilferding 4. Otto Bauer 1904-1914 5. The Economics of Socialism 6. Otto Bauer 1917-1938 7. Other Voices 8. The Heirs. I: Josef Steindl 9. The Heirs. II: Kurt Rothschild 10. What is Left Bibliography Index

John E. King, Emeritus Professor of Economics, La Trobe University, Australia

'Economists associate the Austrian school with the free market classical liberal ideas of Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich Hayek, Professor King describes the ideas of another group of Austrian economists: Marxists who were active in Vienna in the early twentieth century, and later Austro-Marxists who built on their work. King's book is a delightful description of this intellectual community, and explains how their work was designed to be an extension and updating of Marx's ideas.'--Randall G. Holcombe, Florida State University, US

• Contents: 1. Introduction 2. ‘Red Vienna’ and the Roots of Austro-Marxism 3. The Young Rudolf Hilferding 4. Otto Bauer 1904-1914 5. The Economics of Socialism 6. Otto Bauer 1917-1938 7. Other Voices 8. The Heirs. I: Josef Steindl 9. The Heirs. II: Kurt Rothschild 10. What is Left Bibliography Index