Human Action: A Treatise on Economics
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"Human Action: A Treatise on Economics" is Ludwig von Mises’s seminal work of Austrian School economics, presenting a comprehensive, praxeological analysis of human behavior and market processes.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Human Action: A Treatise on Economics canonical | 1 |
| Misesian praxeology | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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economics treatise ⓘ |
| author | Ludwig von Mises ⓘ |
| centralThesis |
all purposeful human behavior is rational in the sense of being means-ends oriented
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economics is a science of human action based on praxeology ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticizes |
government intervention in markets
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socialist economic planning ⓘ |
| field | political economy ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
Liberty Fund edition
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Scholar’s Edition ⓘ |
| influenced |
Austrian School of economics
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surface form:
Austrian School economists
Hans-Hermann Hoppe ⓘ Israel Kirzner ⓘ Murray Rothbard ⓘ
surface form:
Murray N. Rothbard
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| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
analysis of economic calculation under socialism
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comprehensive exposition of Austrian economics ⓘ critique of historicism in economics ⓘ systematic development of praxeology ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Nationalökonomie: Theorie des Handelns und Wirtschaftens ⓘ |
| philosophicalApproach |
apriorism
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praxeological method ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| publisher | Yale University Press ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
catallactics
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human action axiom ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Nationalökonomie: Theorie des Handelns und Wirtschaftens ⓘ |
| structure | multi-part systematic treatise ⓘ |
| subject |
Austrian School of economics
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business cycle ⓘ capitalism ⓘ division of labor ⓘ economic calculation ⓘ economic liberalism ⓘ economics ⓘ entrepreneurship ⓘ interest theory ⓘ interventionism ⓘ market process ⓘ methodological individualism ⓘ money and credit ⓘ praxeology ⓘ price theory ⓘ socialism ⓘ subjective value theory ⓘ time preference ⓘ |
| supports | laissez-faire capitalism ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Misesian praxeology