About this title: Originally published by Yale University Press in 1944, "Bureaucracy" is a classic fundamental examination of the nature of bureaucracies and free markets in juxtaposition to various political systems. "Bureaucracy" contrasts the two forms of economic management - that of a free market economy and that of a bureaucracy. In the market economy entrepreneurs are driven to serve consumers by their desire to earn profits and to avoid losses. In a bureaucracy, the managers must comply with orders issued by the legislative body under which they operate; they may not spend without authorisation and ...
read more
Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is described below.
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good in Good dust jacket; 1969. 0870000683. Book is lightly used, mild edge wear from handling-dust jacket has some edge wear and small edge tears. Book is unmarked. DJ improved with new, clear mylar cover.; Hardcover; Arlington House; New Rochelle NY; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 128 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arlington House 1969
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780870000683ISBN:0870000683
Description: ISBN 0870000683. Hardcover copy, reprint edition. Very good condition book in a good condition dustjacket. Dustjacket is clean and complete, but has some rubbing on back panel. read more
Edition: 2nd Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arlington House, New Rochelle, NY
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780870000683ISBN:0870000683
Description: Fine-/VG+ W/Dust Jacket 128pgs(Index) 1/2" DJ tear, 1/8" DJ scrape mark top fore-edge, o.w. clean, tight & bright. No ink names, bookplates etc. Price unclipped. ISBN 0870000683. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Liberty Fund
Date Published: 2007-02-01
ISBN-13:9780865976634ISBN:0865976635
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780865976634. read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Yale University Press
Description: Very Good. B0007EVUDK Very Good-An excellent copy. Pages sharp and clean. No marks or highlighting in text. Light wear to edges of cover. No remainder mark from publisher. Accurate Descriptions with Fast Shipping and Robust Packaging. BLK107S. read more
Binding: Unknown Binding
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: 1962
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Dust jacket has some yellowing from age little to no shelfwear clean text binding tight. Very Clean Copy-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Filled. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: LIBERTY FUND INC., U.S. Country = UNITED STATES
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780865976634ISBN:0865976635
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 105 pages. Gives a fundamental examination of the nature of bureaucracies and free markets in juxtaposition to various political systems. this book demonstrates how the efficiencies of private ownersh1p and control of public good production ultimately trump the guesswork of publicly administered 'planning' through codes and 'officialdom'. (Hardback) read more
Binding: Unknown Binding
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: 1946
Description: Very Good. Book is in good overall condition. Dj is worn and nicked around the edges. Edges rubbed and tanned. Hardcover Internally clean. Sunning to covers. " Shipped from the UK " read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Hodge & Company, Limited, Glasgow, Edinburgh, London
Date Published: 1945
Description: Small octavo. Original beige cloth, spine panel lettering blocked in red. With the printed dust jacket. A good copy in the rather stained jacket. First British edition, first impression. First published by Yale University Press the previous year (the day after F. A. Hayek's The Road to Serfdom), Mises's text is here revised for a British readership. read more
Description: New Haven 1944 1st Yale. Small octavo, 125pp., hardcover. Karl Wittfogel's copy, signed by him, with some pencil notes of his on the rear blanks. VG plus, no DJ. read more
Edition: 1st Edition 1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale U.P., New Haven, CT
Date Published: 1944
Description: VG+ No Dust Jacket 125pgs Page ends a little dull, o.w. clean & tight. NO ink names, bookplates etc. Text is bright & in fine condition. Hard to find. First Edition. read more
Description: New. 9780865976634. Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--Description: "Written long before Public Choice economists began to take up the subject, Mises describes bureaucracies as both self-interested and economically irrational (thereby improving on the modern Public Choice critique). There is no reinventing government: if we are to have government do things for us, bureaucracies, which cannot behave efficiently, will have to do the work. This small book has grown in stature as ... read more
"This is a short (100p), excellent book on the difference between bureaucratic and profit-based management. He addresses why a state bureaucracy simply can't run like a business--it doesn't have profit as a goal, so it can't measure its outcomes economically. Rather, it's organized based on the goal of fulfilling a mandate from above, which works for things like police departments, but is disastrous for things like factories. Concise, clear, and very logical."
"Great work by Von Mises, explaining the differences between bureaucratic and profit management, and the advantages and disadvantages of both with a focus on the bureaucratic forms of government and operations of large industries."
We guarantee every item's condition, as described on Alibris. If you are not satisfied that an item is as described, return your purchase for a refund.
rating
