Human Action A Treatise on Economics |
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| Author:
| MISES, Ludwig Von |
| Series title: | Lib Works Ludwig Von Mises CL Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-86597-630-6 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2010 |
| Publisher: | Liberty Fund, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $72.00 |
Book Description:
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4 books in slipcase. Mises attributes the tremendous technological progress and the consequent increase in wealth and general welfare in the last two centuries to the introduction of liberal government policies based on free-market economic teachings, creating an economic and political environment which permits individuals to pursue their respective goals in freedom and peace. Mises also explains the futility and counter-productiveness of government attempts to regulate, control, and...
More Description4 books in slipcase. Mises attributes the tremendous technological progress and the consequent increase in wealth and general welfare in the last two centuries to the introduction of liberal government policies based on free-market economic teachings, creating an economic and political environment which permits individuals to pursue their respective goals in freedom and peace. Mises also explains the futility and counter-productiveness of government attempts to regulate, control, and equalise all people's circumstances: "Men are born unequal and... it is precisely their inequality that generates social cooperation and civilisation."