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Human Action

Human Action: A Treatise on Economics is a work by the Austrian economist and philosopher Ludwig von Mises. Widely considered Mises' magnum opus, it presents the case for laissez-faire capitalism based on praxeology, his method to understand the structure of human decision-making. Mises rejected positivism within economics, and defended an a priori…

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Author
Ludwig von Mises
Publication date
1949, 1963, 1966, 1998, 2010
Publisher
Yale University Press (1st and 2nd Edition), Regnery (3rd Edition), Liberty Fund (4th Edition), Ludwig von Mises Institute (Scholar's Edition)
Language
English
Media type
Print (hardback and paperback)
Pages
881

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related to Part Four: Catallactics or Economics of the Market Society · 16
Human Action → Catallactics, Chapter, Competition, Economic, Even, Finally, Freedom, History, In, Method, Middle Ages, Other, The, The Market, The Scope, Western
related to Part Two: Action Within the Framework of Society · 14
Human Action → Association, Chapter, Despite, Finally, Firstly, Great Society, Human Society, Ideas, Lastly, Ricardian Law, Secondly, The, The Role, Thirdly
related to history · 13
Human Action → Bookmailer, Handelns, Henry Regnery, Inc, Lyle Munson, Mises, Nationalökonomie, The, The German-language, Theorie, When, Wirtschaftens, Yale University Press
related to Part One: Human Action · 11
Human Action → Acting Man, Causality, Chapter, Finally, For, Heisenberg, History, Praxeology, Sciences, The, The Epistemological Problems
related to Summary · 4
Human Action → He, In, Introduction, Mises
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Human Action → Ludwig von Mises
ISBN · 1
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Human Action → English
Media type · 1
Human Action → Print (hardback and paperback)
OCLC · 1
Human Action → 730271204

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market chapter mises action production money discusses human economic economy economics also prices goods government socialism calculation praxeology labor interest

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Human ActionLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Human ActionMedia typePrint (hardback and paperback)1.00infobox
Human ActionOCLC7302712041.00infobox
Human ActionPages8811.00infobox
Human ActionPublication date1949, 1963, 1966, 1998, 20101.00infobox
Human ActionPublication placeUnited States1.00infobox
Human ActionPublisherYale University Press (1st and 2nd Edition), Regnery (3rd Edition), Liberty Fund (4th Edition), Ludwig von Mises Institute (Scholar's Edition)1.00infobox
Human ActionSubjectPolitical economy1.00infobox
the fact that prices consist of moneyinstance ofAttempts to stabilize the purchasing power of money suffer from difficulties0.80text
there is no immutable unit of valueinstance ofAttempts to stabilize the purchasing power of money suffer from difficulties0.80text

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