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
economic treatise
non-fiction book
sociological treatise
author Ludwig von Mises
countryOfOrigin Austria
criticizes Christian socialism
Fabian socialism
Marxian socialism
guild socialism
socialist economic planning
syndicalism
defends economic calculation in a market economy
laissez-faire capitalism
market prices
private property
firstPublishedIn Jena
genre economics
political economy
social philosophy
hasEnglishTranslation Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis self-link
influenced Austrian School of economics
surface form: Austrian economics

Friedrich Hayek
Murray Rothbard
libertarian thought
language German
mainThesis market-based capitalism is superior to socialism in allocating resources efficiently
socialist economic planning is inherently unable to perform rational economic calculation
notableFor early formulation of the economic calculation argument against socialism
systematic critique of socialism from an economic and sociological perspective
originalTitle Die Gemeinwirtschaft: Untersuchungen über den Sozialismus
perspective anti-socialist
classical liberal
philosophicalTradition Austrian School of economics
surface form: Austrian School
publicationYear 1922
publisher Gustav Fischer Verlag
structure multi-part treatise
subject Austrian School of economics
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
relationship between economic systems and social order
timePeriodAddressed early 20th century socialism debates

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Ludwig von Mises notableWork Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis
von Mises notableWork Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis
subject surface form: Ludwig von Mises
Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis hasEnglishTranslation Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis self-link
Die Gemeinwirtschaft: Untersuchungen über den Sozialismus hasEnglishTitle Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis
My Years with Ludwig von Mises relatedWork Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis
this entity surface form: Socialism (Ludwig von Mises)
socialist calculation debate hasImportantWork Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis
this entity surface form: The Economic Theory of Socialism