Jesús Huerta de Soto

Lessons in Economics with Jesús Huerta de Soto (www.jesushuertadesoto.com),
Professor of Political Economy at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain.

Day 1: opening class (no video)

 Index

Day 3 >

Day 2 - ENTREPRENEURSHIP

1/11. Entrepreneurship: Introduction.

Reference Text

Socialism, Economic Calculation
and Entrepreneurship,
by Jesús Huerta de Soto

2/11. Entrepreneurship coincides with human action. Etymological origin of the term empresa (enterprise).

Reference Text

Socialism, Economic Calculation
and Entrepreneurship,
by Jesús Huerta de Soto

3/11. Language is a social institution. The term "entrepreneur" in English.

Reference Text

Socialism, Economic Calculation
and Entrepreneurship,
by Jesús Huerta de Soto

4/11. The term "empresa" (enterprise) in Spanish.

Reference Text

Socialism, Economic Calculation
and Entrepreneurship,
by Jesús Huerta de Soto

5/11. Entrepreneurship = creating, discovering, realizing something.

Reference Text

Socialism, Economic Calculation
and Entrepreneurship,
by Jesús Huerta de Soto

6/11. Human action is any deliberate behavior or conduct.

Reference Text

Socialism, Economic Calculation
and Entrepreneurship,
by Jesús Huerta de Soto

7/11. Elements of human action: end and value.

Reference Text

Socialism, Economic Calculation
and Entrepreneurship,
by Jesús Huerta de Soto

8/11. Knowledge through introspection of elements of human action.

Reference Text

Socialism, Economic Calculation
and Entrepreneurship,
by Jesús Huerta de Soto

9/11. Elements of human action: means and utility.

Reference Text

Socialism, Economic Calculation
and Entrepreneurship,
by Jesús Huerta de Soto

10/11. Means and utility: examples. The professor rips up a 10 € bill.

Reference Text

Socialism, Economic Calculation
and Entrepreneurship,
by Jesús Huerta de Soto

11/11. Elements of human action: scarcity.

Reference Text

Socialism, Economic Calculation
and Entrepreneurship,
by Jesús Huerta de Soto

Up