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Closely identified with the Austrian School

Son of a well-known rabbi and Talmudist

Also an ordained Rabbi

Emeritus professor of economics at New York University and a leading authority on Ludwig von Mises's thinking and methodology in economics

His research on entrepreneurship economics is also widely recognized

His book, Competition and Entrepreneurship criticizes neoclassical theory for its preoccupation with the model of perfect competition, which neglects the important role of the entrepreneur in economic life

His work integrating entrepreneurial action into neoclassical economics has been more widely accepted than nearly any other Austrian idea of the late twentieth century

Born in London and reached the United States by way of South Africa

After studying at the University of Cape Town, South Africa in 1947–48, and with the University of London External Programme in 1950–51, Kirzner received his B.A. summa cum laude from Brooklyn College in 1954, and an MBA in 1955 and Ph.D. in 1957 from New York University, where he studied under Ludwig von Mises