10 Facts About Israel Kirzner

Israel Meir Kirzner is a British-born American economist closely identified with the Austrian School.

Son of a well-known rabbi and Talmudist, Israel Kirzner was born in London and reached the United States by way of South Africa.

Israel Kirzner is emeritus professor of economics at New York University and a leading authority on Ludwig von Mises's thinking and methodology in economics.

Israel Kirzner's work integrating entrepreneurial action into neoclassical economics has been more widely accepted than nearly any other Austrian idea of the late twentieth century.

In 2006, Israel Kirzner received the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research "for developing the economic theory emphasizing the importance of the entrepreneur for economic growth and the functioning of the capitalist process.

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Israel Kirzner has said that he agrees with Roger Garrison's statement that Israel Kirzner's work takes the middle ground, as opposed to the recent, more extreme position of some Austrian School economists who deny the relevance of market equilibrium.

Liberty Fund is currently publishing Israel Kirzner Kizner's Collected Works in ten volumes under the supervision of Peter Boettke and Frederic Sautet.

Israel Kirzner is an ordained rabbi and Talmudic scholar, and serves as the rabbi of the congregation once headed by his father in Brooklyn, New York.

Israel Kirzner is one of the most famous disciples of Rabbi Isaac Hutner, the late dean of the Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin, where he studied for many years during the same years he obtained his academic training.

Israel Kirzner is an authority on Hutner's writings and is one of the few official editors of all sources that Hutner quotes.