The Austrian Theory of the Trade Cycle and Other Essays is a comprehensive book that consists of the booms and busts of the market, and why they are not indigenous to the free market. The Austrian theory of the business cycle argues that such booms and busts come about through the manipulation of money and credit by central banks. This monograph contains essays by known theorists such as Mises, Rothbard, Haberler, and Hayek – Austrian giants that explain and defend the theory against alternatives.