Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis
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Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis is a seminal 1922 treatise by economist Ludwig von Mises that offers a comprehensive critique of socialist economic planning and defends the efficiency of market-based capitalism.
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| instanceOf |
book
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economic treatise → non-fiction book → sociological treatise → |
| author |
Ludwig von Mises
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| countryOfOrigin |
Austria
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| criticizes |
Christian socialism
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Fabian socialism → Marxian socialism → guild socialism → socialist economic planning → syndicalism → |
| defends |
economic calculation in a market economy
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laissez-faire capitalism → market prices → private property → |
| firstPublishedIn |
Jena
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| genre |
economics
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political economy → social philosophy → |
| hasEnglishTranslation |
Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis
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| influenced |
Austrian economics
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Friedrich Hayek → Murray Rothbard → libertarian thought → |
| language |
German
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| mainThesis |
market-based capitalism is superior to socialism in allocating resources efficiently
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socialist economic planning is inherently unable to perform rational economic calculation → |
| notableFor |
early formulation of the economic calculation argument against socialism
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systematic critique of socialism from an economic and sociological perspective → |
| originalTitle |
Die Gemeinwirtschaft: Untersuchungen über den Sozialismus
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| perspective |
anti-socialist
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classical liberal → |
| philosophicalTradition |
Austrian School
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| publicationYear |
1922
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| publisher |
Gustav Fischer Verlag
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| structure |
multi-part treatise
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| subject |
Austrian School of economics
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capitalism → central economic planning → comparative economic systems → economic calculation problem → market economy → socialism → |
| theme |
impossibility of rational pricing without private ownership of the means of production
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relationship between economic systems and social order → |
| timePeriodAddressed |
early 20th century socialism debates
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Ludwig von Mises
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Ludwig von Mises → |
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Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis
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hasEnglishTranslation |