In 1920, Ludwig von Mises dropped a bombshell on the European economic world with his article called "Economic Calculation in the Socialist Commonwealth." It argued that socialism was impossible as an economic system. It set off two decades of debate, so by the time the essays appeared in English, in this very book here, in 1935, the debate was still raging. This volume edited by F.A. Hayek dug the knife into socialism's heart unlike any book to ever appear. It contains essays by Mises along with a foreword and afterword by Hayek. It also contains more commentary by N.G. Pierson, George Halm, and Enrico Barone. It is exceptionally well edited and beautifully argued, and has not been in print for many years. The contents are nothing short of prophetic. The so-called "Calculation Argument" has never been answered. It shows that without private property in capital goods, there can be no prices and hence no data available for cost accounting. Production becomes random at best, and completely irrational. Mises had convinced his generation and this book completely devastates the whole socialist apparatus from a theoretical point of view. No one interested in this debate can afford not to be well-versed in the contents of this book. 300 page, paperback, 2009

Collectivist economic planning;: Critical studies on the possibilities of socialism, (Reprints of economic classics)

Business & Money

Ludwig Von Mises

Pierson, N.G.

Friedrich A. von Hayek

George Halm

Enrico Ba

Economics

A. M. Kelly

Bureaucracy

A lively exploration of the pros and cons of bureaucracy. The author views bureaucracy as necessary in certain governmental agencies, but claims bureaucracy spells ruin for economic production and distribution. 4 cassettes.

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Blackstone Pub

[This is Part 1 of a 2-part Audiobook CASSETTE Library Edition in vinyl case.][Read by Bernard Mayes] Published in 1922 during those dark and dreary years of socialism's near-complete triumph, Socialism stunned the socialist world. Mises has given us a profoundly important treatise that assaults socialism in all its guises, a work that discusses every major aspect of socialism and leaves no stone unturned. A few of the numerous topics discussed include the success of socialist ideas; life under socialism: art and literature, science and journalism; economic calculation under socialism; the ideal of equality; and Marx's theory of monopolies.  With this monumental work, Mises laid the foundations for free society. Socialism has influenced scores of influential thinkers, including Friedrich Hayek, Ayn Rand, and Milton Friedman. It is read over and over again today, all over the world, inspiring throngs of new defenders of freedom.

Socialism

MISES, LUDWIG VON

[This is Part 2 of a 2-part Audiobook CASSETTE Library Edition in vinyl case.][Read by Bernard Mayes] Published in 1922 during those dark and dreary years of socialism's near-complete triumph, Socialism stunned the socialist world. Mises has given us a profoundly important treatise that assaults socialism in all its guises, a work that discusses every major aspect of socialism and leaves no stone unturned. A few of the numerous topics discussed include the success of socialist ideas; life under socialism: art and literature, science and journalism; economic calculation under socialism; the ideal of equality; and Marx's theory of monopolies.  With this monumental work, Mises laid the foundations for free society. Socialism has influenced scores of influential thinkers, including Friedrich Hayek, Ayn Rand, and Milton Friedman. It is read over and over again today, all over the world, inspiring throngs of new defenders of freedom.

Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis (Part 2 of 2)(Library Edition)

Blackstone Audio,Inc.

Nation, State, and Economy: Contributions to the Politics and History of Our Time (The Institute for Humane Studies Series in Economic Theory)

In 1919, Mises explained how the first World War had come about, distinguishing between nations, states, and economies. Prior to the nineteenth century, the boundaries of a state were determined by conquest, coercion, rulers, and princes; the people had nothing to say in the matter. A nation, composed of persons speaking the same language and to a large extent sharing the same culture, was an essentially neutral concept, in no way incompatible with a liberal economy, individual freedom, democracy, and the right of self-determination. Yet this peaceful nationalism gave way to militarism, international conflict, and war. Why?Nations, like individuals, learn from experience. The largely liberal movement for a greater Germany,” composed of Germany, German-Austria, and scattered enclaves of German nationals in neighboring countries, was frustrated by the state in the form of the Kingdom of Prussia, which became the German Empire, and the Hapsburg Empire of Austria-Hungary. Essential to Mises’s concept of a classical liberal economy is the absence of interference by the state. Under the chancellorship of Bismarck, the essentially reactionary German state became increasingly intrusive in every aspect of the nationeconomic, social, and of course political. As the German state sought to become stronger by forcefully acquiring additional territory, German nationalism became increasingly militaristic and imperialistic, leading to international conflict and war. In World War I, Germany and its allies were overpowered by the Allied Powers in population, economic production, and military might. Because Germany needed imports to survive, much less to wage war, and was cut off from foreign suppliers, its defeat was inevitable.Mises believed that Germany should not seek revenge for the fetters . . . forced upon German development by the peace of Versailles.” Rather, his theme throughout this book is that Germany should adopt liberal ideas and a free market economy by expanding the international division of labor, which would help all parties. For us and for humanity,” Mises wrote, there is only one salvation: return to rationalistic liberalism.” Ludwig von Mises (18811973) was the leading spokesman of the Austrian School of Economics throughout most of the twentieth century. He earned his doctorate in law and economics from the University of Vienna in 1906. In 1926, Mises founded the Austrian Institute for Business Cycle Research. From 1909 to 1934, he was an economist for the Vienna Chamber of Commerce. Before the Anschluss, in 1934 Mises left for Geneva, where he was a professor at the Graduate Institute of International Studies until 1940, when he emigrated to New York City. From 1948 to 1969, he was a visiting professor at New York University.Bettina Bien Greaves is a former resident scholar, trustee, and longtime staff member of the Foundation for Economic Education. She has written and lectured extensively on topics of free market economics. Her articles have appeared in such journals as Human Events, Reason, and The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty. A student of Mises, Greaves has become an expert on his work in particular and that of the Austrian School of economics in general. She has translated several Mises monographs, compiled an annotated bibliography of his work, and edited collections of papers by Mises and other members of the Austrian School.

New York University Press

The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science: An Essay on Method (The Institute for Humane Studies Series in Economic Theory)

Sheed, Andrews, and McMeel

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science: An Essay on Method (The Institute for Humane Studies Series in Economic Theory) (Studies in economic theory)

Literature & Fiction

Literary

In 1927, classical liberalism, based on a belief in individualism, reason, capitalism, and free trade, was dying, when one of the 20th century's greatest social thinkers wrote this combative and convincing restatement. Nowhere are the key principles of Mises' philosophy better represented than in this timeless work.Mises was a careful and logical theoretician who believed that ideas rule the world, and this especially comes to light in Liberalism."The ultimate outcome of the struggle" between liberalism and totalitarianism, say Mises, "will not be decided by arms, but by ideas. It is ideas that group men into fighting factions, that press the weapons into their hands, and that determine against whom and for whom the weapons shall be used. It is they alone, and not arms, that, in the last analysis, turn the scales."

Liberalism, a Socio-Economic Exposition (Studies in Economic Theory)

Book by Von Mises Ludwig/ Ebeling Richard M. (EDT)

The Political Economy of International Reform and Reconstruction (Selected Writings of Ludwig von Mises)

History

Liberty Fund

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Collectivist economic planning;: Critical studies on the possibilities of socialism, (Reprints of economic classics)

Bureaucracy

Socialism

Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis (Part 2 of 2)(Library Edition)

Nation, State, and Economy: Contributions to the Politics and History of Our Time (The Institute for Humane Studies Series in Economic Theory)

Nation, State, and Economy: Contributions to the Politics and History of Our Time (The Institute for Humane Studies Series in Economic Theory)

The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science: An Essay on Method (The Institute for Humane Studies Series in Economic Theory)

The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science: An Essay on Method (The Institute for Humane Studies Series in Economic Theory) (Studies in economic theory)

Liberalism, a Socio-Economic Exposition (Studies in Economic Theory)

The Political Economy of International Reform and Reconstruction (Selected Writings of Ludwig von Mises)