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by Ludwig Von Mises


  improvement in methods of, 9, 613

  interventionism and, 655, 736, 800

  labor and, 136, 605, 606, 674, 675n

  market economy and, 488

  Marxians and, 141

  mass, 384, 587, 616

  means of, 207, 705

  nonhuman original factors of, ch. 22, pp. 631–641

  period of, 476, 484, 485, 487, 490–96, 526, 544

  prices and, 391–392, 612

  process of, 288, 292, 478, 488, 499

  restriction of, ch. 29, pp. 736–751

  taxation and, 800

  transition of, 613n

  war, 821 see also, Capital; Saving; Technology, Wealth

  Productive forces, 9

  Productive or unproductive activities, 244–245

  Productivity theory of interest, 263–264, 522–531

  Profession

  economic, 865–866

  forecasting, 866–868 see also, Education

  Profits and losses

  accounting, 213, 701

  difference between, 97–98

  driving power of, 3, 297

  entrepreneurial, 286–297, 375, 393, 514, 531, 739n

  good will and, 379

  illusory, 421, 546–547

  maximization of, 128, 241–244

  monopoly and, 358

  psychic, 287

  sharing, 811

  source of, 291, 633, 660–662, 868

  theory of, 252, 343, 347, 532, 804–807

  wartime, 823

  Progress

  booms and, 573

  rising prices and, 466

  Progressing economy, 252, 292–296, 411

  Prohibition, American, 728

  Prolabor policies, 313–314, 738–741, 746–749 see also, Interventionism

  Proletarian, 74, 88

  Promonopoly party, 384

  Promoters, 255–256, 300–107, 309, 324, 325, 333, 582 see also, Entrepreneurs

  Propaganda

  anticapitalist, 587

  business, 316–319

  Property

  legal definition of, 650–651, 678

  private, 264, 308–309, 650, 678–680, 719

  right, 650–656

  social and economic meaning of, 679–680 see also, Government; Investments; Land; Ownership; Production, factors of

  Prosperity, 429, 793 n

  Protectionism, 81–84, 160–161, 313–314, 361–365, 505, 738, 742–749 see also, Foreign exchange; Tariff; Trade

  Proudhon, Pierre Joseph, 186

  Provision, period of, 253, 478, 490–496

  Prussian Historical School, 4, 603

  Pseudo-liberalism, 153

  Psychoanalysis, 12

  Psychology

  instinct of, 15

  praxeology and, 12, 123–127, 483–485

  Psychopaths, 12, 185–187, 315–316

  Psychophysics, 125–126

  Public debt, 226–229, 843–845

  Public finance, see, Spending, public; Taxation

  Public opinion, economics and, 537, 859–860

  Public ownership, see, Government

  Public utilities, 372–373

  Public works, 792

  Purchasing power

  capital accumulation and, 518n

  changes in, 203, 416–425, 428

  measurement of, 221

  of money, 221, 396, 399, 405–413, 416–419, 464, 606

  parity theory of foreign exchange, 452

  stabilization of, 220, 416

  wage argument, 298–299 see also, Money

  Pythagoras, 38, 79

  Q

  Quality of goods, 222

  Quantitative economics, 55–57, 118, 347–349 see also, Measurement

  Quantitative prediction, 207

  Quantity theory of money, 38, 55, 232, 402

  Quasi-market, 701–706

  R

  Racism, 6, 75, 84–87, 90

  Rappard, William E., 684n

  Ratiocination, 33, 39, 67, 72, 84, 122, 316

  Rationalism, 15, 16, 18, 78n, 79, 89, 102, 103–104, 146, 175, 880 see also, Action, human; Irrationalism

  Rationing, 757, 822

  Real cost, 393, 632

  Realism

  antagonism of, 42

  a priori and, 38–41

  conceptual, 45, 145, 511

  economics and, 646

  mental grasp of, 25, 38, 39, 65, 86, 642

  praxeology and, 39, 92, 642 see also, Action, human

  Realpolitik, 189

  Reasoning

  age of, 69

  aprioristic, 38, 318

  case of, 89–91

  catallactic, 572

  discursive, 67

  experience and, 18, 25, 39, 65

  human, 50, 72, 173, 177–178

  methods of, 2

  mind and, 34

  praxeological, 39

  revolt against, 72–91

  unnatural, 175 see also, Action, human

  Redemption, 457 see also, Money

  Redistribution, confiscation and, ch. 32, pp. 800–807

  Regression theorem, 405-407, 423, 606

  Reichsbank, 549, 568

  Relevance

  causal, 120

  judgments of, 50, 55, 57–58, 88 see also, Valuations

  Religion

  capitalism and, 671–672, 719, 849

  conflicts among, 183–184

  individual and, 14, 18, 95

  liberalism and, 155–157

  Marxism and, 82

  Smith, Adam, and, 147n

  society and, 145 see also, Morality; Philosophy

  Rent, 521, 631–640, 759–761

  Research

  praxeological, 18–22, 863

  scientific, 5, 6, 7, 17, 18, 51

  Reserve fund, exhaustion of, 851–854

  Residual rent, 632

  Rest, state of, 245–251

  Restriction

  competitive, 278–279, 373–374

  cost of, 737

  economic system of, 749–751

  nature of, 736–737, 837

  of production, ch. 29, pp. 736–751

  privilege of, 741–749

  prize of, 737–741 see also, Interventionism; Politics

  Retrogressing economy, 192, 252, 296–297

  Returns, law of, 127–130, 338–347, 663

  Revolution

  ideological, 8, 72–91

  illegal act of, 284n

  Industrial, 8, 613–619

  semantic, 268, 281, 420 see also, Economics, revolt against

  Ricardo, David

  gold exchange standard and, 418, 780

  law of association, 158–163, 168, 174

  philosophy of, 75, 79, 147, 174, 493n, 602

  rent, 631, 632, 633, 636

  the R. effect, 750n, 767–770

  Right

  law of, 199

  moral and natural, 173–174, 716, 719, 835

  property, 650–656

  to revolt, 284n

  to strike, 773

  Righteousness, 26, 173–174, 716, 719–727, 835

  Risk-taking, 106, 108, 112, 115, 805–807 see also, Entrepreneurs; Profits and losses; Speculating

  Robbins, Lionel Charles, 103n, 529n

  Robinson Crusoe economy, 206

  Romanoff dynasty, 115

  Romanticism, 503

  Rome

  Church of, 67In

  fall of, 761–763

  price control and, 761–763

  Rostovtzeff (Rostovtsev), Mikhail

  Ivanovich, 762n

  Rotating economy, see, Evenly rotating economy

  Rougier, Louis, 73n

  Rousseau, Jean Jacques, 165

  Routine, 46–47 see also, Action, human

  Rule, 189 see also, Government

  Rumania, 493

  Ruml, Beardsley, 570n

  Rumania, 8, 747

  Ruskin, John, 645

  Russia

  calculation in, 698–699

  eco
nomy of, 260

  laborers of, 675n

  socialistic pattern of, 713

  technology of, 5

  S

  Sadism, 172, 586

  Salvioli, Guiseppe, 62 7n

  Samuelson, Paul Anthony, 787n, Santayana, George, 868n

  Satisfaction, see, Want-satisfaction

  Saving

  advantage of, 487–489, 512–514, 840

  capitalist, 527, 531, 768, 769

  forced, 545–547, 553–555, 573, 842n

  investment and, 517–520, 805

  value judgment and, 530

  Scale

  of needs, 96–97

  of value, 94–96, 102–103

  Scarcity, 93, 236–237, 525

  Schäffle, Albert, 697

  Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm, 717

  Scholasticism, medieval, 717

  Schopenhauer, Arthur, 28

  Schultz, Henry, 349

  Schumpeter, Joseph, 354, 52 7n

  Schütz, Alfred, 24n, 100n

  Sciences

  aprioristic, 48

  definition of, 10, 20, 65

  historical, 47, 59

  life and, 877–878

  measurement (mathematical), 55, 218, 347

  natural, 31, 59, 173–176, 207, 634, 664n

  psychic, 11

  social

  criticism of, 8

  empirical, 49 see also, Action, human; Economics; Praxeology; Research

  Second International, 152

  Security, 612, 835, 841, 843–844, 847–849

  Seignobos, Charles, 50n

  Selective process of the market, 308–311

  Selfishness, 243, 674

  Selling

  buying and, 324

  price discrimination and, 385–388

  Semantics, 268, 281, 420 see also, Metaphors

  Serfdom, 197

  Serviceableness

  duration of, 476

  instinct of, 26–28

  Services, personal, 140–141, 234

  Seven Years' War, 614n

  Sexual customs, 663

  Shipment costs, 450

  Short run, 82–83, 294, 649, 650, 744, 787, 844

  Sickness, 165, 833

  Silver standard, 456, 469

  Singularism, methodological, 44–45

  Sismondi, Jean Charles, 268

  Slaves and slavery, 197, 624–630, 817, 835

  Smith, Adam

  on employers, combinations, 591n

  on paper money, 418, 780

  on religion, 147n

  Smith, Vera Constance, 441n

  Social cooperation, see, Cooperation, social

  Social engineering, 113 see also, Planning

  Social gains, 365, 599, 607–613, 739–741, 750–751, 854

  Social justice, 671, 719, 849–850

  Social phenomenon, 157, 275, 287

  Social relations, 168–169

  Social sciences

  criticisms of, 8

  empirical, 49

  Social security, 613, 835, 843–844

  Socialism

  agrarian, 801

  British, 812, 855

  capitalism and, 672–678, 712

  champions of, 675n

  critics of, 282

  depressions under, 563

  doctrine of, 689–691

  economic calculation under, ch. 26, pp. 694–711

  failure to refute theories of, 6

  German pattern of, 319, 471, 687, 713–714, 752–753, 759

  guild, 812–813

  historical origin of, 685–689

  labor and, 137

  market and, 335, 672, 687, 701, 712

  Marxism and, 260, 265, 267, 67In, 689–691

  policy of, 74, 89, 183, 206, 240, 257, 259–260, 672–678; Part 5, pp. 685–711; 808

  praxeological character of, 691–693

  problem of, 90, 694–699

  Russian pattern of, 713

  taxation and, 733–734

  theory of value and, 6, 206–207

  war and, 821–828

  writings about, 503 see also, Collectivism; Interventionism; Planning

  Society

  action within, ch. 7, pp. 119–142; Part 2, pp. 143–200

  exchange within, ch. 10, pp. 195–200

  Great, 168–169

  holistic and metaphysical view of, 1, 145–153, 397

  human, ch. 8, pp. 143–176

  individual within, 143, 164–165, 178–179

  liberal, 149, 283, 321

  place of economics in, Part 7, pp. 858–881

  socialist, ch. 25, pp. 685–693

  “Utopian,” 2, 71, 72, 831

  Sociology

  instinct, 15

  meaning of, 30n

  of knowledge, 5, 84, 207, 584

  Soil

  conservation, 652–653

  myth of, 640–641 see also, Land

  Solvay, Ernest, 186

  Sombart, Werner, 198n, 744n, 837

  Sooner or later, 99, 102, 480, 490, 494

  Sophocles, 617

  Sorel, Georges, 171, 645, 808

  Soul, 26, 175

  Sovereignty

  consumer, 270–272, 297, 308, 724

  national, 682

  Sozialpolitik, 320, 363–364, 829

  Spann, Othmar, 679

  Specialization, 69, 311, 620, 870

  Speculating, 58, 112–113, 251, 253–254, 300, 324, 333, 454, 582 see also, Entrepreneurs; Investments; Profits and losses; Risk-taking

  Speenhamland system, 600n

  Spencer, Herbert, 198n

  Spending, public, 221, 226–229, 236, 242n, 734, 737, 770–771, 843–845, 846, 851; see also, Taxation

  Spengler, Oswald, 645

  Spinoza, Benedictus, 5

  Stabilization, 220–229, 416 see also, Currency; Money

  Stalin, Josef, 645

  Stalinists, 152

  Standard of living, 265, 314, 601, 665, 739, 740, 750, 860

  State of rest

  final, 246

  plain, 245–246

  State and society, 148, 149

  Static method, 248–249

  Statics, 248, 353

  Statism, see, Nationalism

  Stationary economy, 251–252, 256–257, 292

  Statistics

  average of, 60

  economic, 30n, 218

  of prices, 326–328, 347–349

  Statolatry, 148, 226, 827, 828

  Stirner, Max, 151

  Stock exchange, 514–517, 790

  Strigl, Richard, 262n, 642n

  Strike, right to, 773

  Subconscious, concept of, 12

  Subjectivism, 3, 21, 57, 64, 94

  Subsidies, 365, 600n, 654–656, 737, 738

  Subsistence

  supply of, 484

  wages and, 600–606

  Sulzbach, Walter, 83 5n

  Superiority, racial, 90

  Supply

  control of, 357

  demand and, 62, 222, 241, 324, 320, 355, 375, 385–388, 398–402, 756

  labor, 136, 591, 606–613

  monopoly of, 354, 280 see also, Money, relation; Money, supply

  Surplus, consumer, 385

  Surtax, 853

  Sweden, prosperity in, 793n

  Switzerland

  currency devaluation in, 462

  monopoly for cereals and, 388

  National Bank of, 462, 463

  “Sycophants,” 5, 9, 268

  Synchronism, 102

  Syndicalism and corporativism, 305; ch. 33, pp. 808–816

  Synthetics, 826

  T

  Tariffs

  for protectionism, 361–365, 738

  infant industries argument, 505–507

  leather, 742

  outcome of, 742–749

  prolabor legislation and, 313–314, 746–749

  to divert production, 737 see also, Mercantilism; Nationalism; Protectionism

  Tautology, 38

  Taxation
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  amortization and, 640

  burden of, 853

  classes of, 734–735

  confiscatory, 802–807

 

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