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Preface by Bettina B. Greaves Human Cooperation The Medium of Exchange The Role of the Courts and Judges Gold as Money Gold Inflation Paper Inflation Inflation Destroys Savings Inflation and Government Controls Money, Inflation, and War The Constitutional Side of Inflation Capitalism, the Rich and the Poor Currency Debasement in Olden Times

The Nature of Society The Division of Labor as the Principle of Social Development Organism and Organization The Individual and Society The Development of the Division of Labor Changes in the Individual in Society Social Regression Private Property and Social Evolution   [This article is excerpted from chapter 18 of Socialism: An Economic and

Introduction Property Freedom Peace Equality The Inequality of Wealth and Income Private Property and Ethics State and Government Democracy Critique of the Doctrine of Force The Argument of Fascism The Limits of Governmental Activity Tolerance The State and Antisocial Conduct Note [Introduction by Bettina B. Greaves , from the preface to the 1985

Those who are familiar with the writings on the subject of liberalism that have appeared in the last few years and with current linguistic usage will perhaps object that what has been called liberalism in the  present volume  does not coincide with what is understood by that term in contemporary political literature. I am far from disputing this.

[This article is excerpted from chapter 6 of Epistemological Problems of Economics ] Subjectivist economics would be guilty of an omission if it did not also concern itself with the objections that have been raised against it from political and factional standpoints. There is, first of all, the assertion that the subjective theory of value is “the

Bettina-Bien Greaves took careful notes during Ludwig von Mises’s New York seminars. Whenever he made a comment that suggested research paper or book, she jotted it down on a note card. She kept all these note cards and has generously agreed to share them with the public by sending them to us. The Mises Institute is pleased to make them public for

[This article is excerpted from chapter 14 of Money, Method, and the Market Process , edited by Richard M. Ebeling. It was originally published in Modern Age (Spring 1961).] Different and Unequal The doctrine of natural law that inspired the 18th century declarations of the rights of man did not imply the obviously fallacious proposition that all

I - Thought and Conduct II - The Social Role of Doctrines III - Experience and Social Doctrines IV - Doctrines and Political Problems V - The Expedience of Doctrines VI - Esoteric Doctrines and Popular Beliefs [This article was excerpted from Chapter 20 of Money, Method, and the Market Process .] I - Thought and Conduct Earlier historians dealt

[This article is excerpted from chapter 21 of Money, Method, and the Market Process , a collection of essays selected and edited by Margit von Mises and with an introduction by Richard M. Ebeling.] I The history of civilization is the record of a ceaseless struggle for liberty. Social cooperation under the division of labor is the ultimate and

[Editor’s note: this article is excerpted from part IV of The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality . In the nineteenth and twentieth century, socialists often argued that socialism was superior to capitalism because it would deliver a higher standard of living and more consumer goods. When it became clear socialism could not compete with capitalism in