About this title: This is a newly annotated edition of the classic first published in German in 1922. It is the definitive refutation of nearly every type of socialism ever devised. Mises presents a wide-ranging analysis of society, comparing the results of socialist planning with those of free-market capitalism in all areas of life. Friedrich Hayek's foreword ...
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Edition: 2nd Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: 1959
Description: Good +/No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Lightly worn and soiled covers, tight binding, very good as reading copy. This new edition was enlarged with an epilogue, translated by J. Kahane, first reissue was 1951 followed by this one. Text unmarked. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Liberty Classics, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780913966624ISBN:0913966622
Description: As New. No Jacket as Published. Like new in original shrink wrap. Though in shrink wrap, there are a few spots of light foxing on the wheat colored cloth. read more
Description: New. 0913966622. Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--569 pp. Description: "This masterwork is much more than a refutation of the economics of socialism (although on that front, nothing else compares). It is also a critique of the implicit religious doctrines behind Western socialist thinking, a cultural critique of socialist teaching on sex and marriage, an examination of the implications of radical human inequality, an attack on war socialism, and refutation of collectivist ... read more
Description: New. 0913966622 New book, yet which has minor wear that occured during storage. May have been acquired from bookstore owner who snipped the first page so as to remove his store stamp. Will expedite shipping if seller requests and pays additional postage. Will ship immediately... read more
Edition: 6th Revised editionUpdated_Month1|0
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc., U.S.
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780913966624ISBN:0913966622
Edition: First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London
Date Published: 1936
Description: Handsome VG or better copy with faint marking to boards. 8vo. pp 528. Original publisher's black cloth lettered gilt at the spine. read more
"This is my favorite book of my favorite author. He dissects every known form of socialism up to the date of publicaiton (1922). His words have stood the test of time. He explained how socialism is not a rational system and had to fail, of it's own inconsistencies.
I cannot praise the book highly enough.
Mises's most well known colleagues, the Nobel Prize winning economist Friedrich von Hayek, said this book is what turned him against socialism."
"This is a good introduction to Austrian Economics. Mises is among my favorite economist because he is very his arguments are practical and expressed in a logical, accessable to anyone platform. Read this book...or atleast parts of it (Its super long)."
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