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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis canonical | 4 |
| Socialism (Ludwig von Mises) | 1 |
| The Economic Theory of Socialism | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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economic treatise ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ sociological treatise ⓘ |
| author | Ludwig von Mises ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria ⓘ |
| 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 ⓘ |
| genre |
economics
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political economy ⓘ social philosophy ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation | Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis self-link ⓘ |
| influenced |
Austrian School of economics
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surface form:
Austrian economics
Friedrich Hayek ⓘ Murray Rothbard ⓘ libertarian thought ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| 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 ⓘ |
| perspective |
anti-socialist
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classical liberal ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Austrian School of economics
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surface form:
Austrian School
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| publicationYear | 1922 ⓘ |
| publisher | Gustav Fischer Verlag ⓘ |
| structure | multi-part treatise ⓘ |
| 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
Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis
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Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis
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Die Gemeinwirtschaft: Untersuchungen über den Sozialismus
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Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis
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Socialism (Ludwig von Mises)
socialist calculation debate
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Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis
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The Economic Theory of Socialism