Prices and knowledge: A market-process perspective

AcknowledgmentsI would like to thank the following people and institutions for theirhelp and encouragement at different stages of the preparation andpublication of this book:Israel M.Kirzner, Don Lavoie, Walter E.Grinder, Alfredo M.Irigoin, Jeremy Shearmur, and Sheldon L.Richman read throughseveral drafts and provided helpful comments and suggestions, bothon substance and on form.The Austrian Economics Program at New York University gaveme financial support, both during my years as a graduate studentthere, and by inviting me as a Visiting Researcher during the schoolyear 1989–90. This visit provided me with plenty of time andfacilities to work on this book. For this support I am very grateful toIsrael M.Kirzner and to Mario J.Rizzo and to the financial backers ofthe Program.The Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason Universityprovided me with funding on diverse occasions, through its ClaudeR.Lambe Fellowship, its Summer Resident Program, and its HayekFund for Scholars. For this I am particularly grateful to WalterE.Grinder.ESEADE, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, allowed me plenty of timeto work on my book while I was a resident Researcher there, forwhich I thank Alberto Benegas Lynch, Jr.I also want to thank Ezequiel Gallo, Walter E.Grinder, EmilioPacheco, and my wife, Paula Brunner, for the moral support andintellectual encouragement that helped me finish this project.Finally, I am particularly grateful to Mario J.Rizzo for his greatsupport in making this publication possible.E.F.T.