The Entrepreneur of Ideas: A Review of Some Literature

Martin Krause ()
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Martin Krause: Universidad de Buenos Aires, and UCEMA

A chapter in The Emergence of a Tradition: Essays in Honor of Jesús Huerta de Soto, Volume II, 2023, pp 175-191 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The idea that there is a “market for ideas” and “entrepreneurs of ideas” seems to be one that explains itself: it is an idea originated by someone who thought that the parallel between entrepreneurs in markets of goods and services would describe how ideas are born, how they evolve, change and eventually die. We cannot say at this point if this thought will prosper, flourish, metamorphose, languish or just be forgotten, but we can testify that it is having increasing attraction. The purpose of this chapter is to present a review of some literature on the subject, mainly from economics. There is a lot to do on this point; this is just a first step in a direction that may eventually help us understand how ideas are formed, how they spread around and how they determine institutions, incentives and, finally, the structure of markets and societies we live in.

Keywords: Ideas; Marketplace; Entrepreneurship; Public opinion; Institutions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-17418-6_16

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