Human action

Von Mises, Ludwig, 1881-1973.

Human action a treatise on economics / [electronic resource] : Ludwig von Mises ; edited by Bettina Bien Greaves. - Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, c2007. - 4 v. in 1. - Liberty fund library of the works of Ludwig von Mises . - Von Mises, Ludwig, 1881-1973. 2005. Works. .

Originally published: 4th rev.ed., Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y. : Foundation for Economic Education, c1996. In slipcase.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. Human action. Acting man -- The epistemological problems of the sciences of human action -- Economics and the revolt against reason -- A first analysis of the category of action -- Time -- Uncertainty -- Action within the world -- Pt. 2. Action within the framework of society. Human society -- The role of ideas -- Exchange within society -- Pt. 3. Economic calculation. Valuation without calculation -- The sphere of economic calculation -- Monetary calculation as a tool of action -- Pt. 4. Catallactics or economics of the market society. The scope and method of catallactics -- The market -- Prices -- Indirect exchange -- Action in the passing of time -- Interest -- Interest, credit expansion, and the trade cycle -- Work and wages -- The nonhuman original factors of production -- The data of the market -- Harmony and conflict of interests -- Pt. 5. Social cooperation without a market. The imaginary construction of a socialist society -- The impossibility of economic calculation under socialism -- Pt. 6. The hampered market economy. The government and the market -- Interference by taxation -- Restriction of production -- Interference with the structure of prices -- Currency and credit manipulation -- Confiscation and redistribution -- Syndicalism and corporativism -- The economics of war -- The welfare principle versus the market principle -- The crisis of interventionism -- Pt. 7. The place of economics in society. The nondescript character of economics -- The place of economics in learning -- Economics and the essential problems of human existence.


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