Human Action: A Treatise on Economics - Softcover

Von Mises, Ludwig

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1614273545 ISBN 13: 9781614273547

Publisher: Martino Fine Books, 2012

Synopsis

2012 Reprint of 1949 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. "Human Action: A Treatise on Economics" is the first comprehensive treatise on economics written by a leading member of the modern Austrian school of economics. Von Mises contribution was very simple, yet at the same time extremely profound: he pointed out that the whole economy is the result of what individuals do. Individuals act, choose, cooperate, compete, and trade with one another. In this way Mises explained how complex market phenomena develop. Mises did not simply describe economic phenomena - prices, wages, interest rates, money, monopoly and even the trade cycle - he explained them as the outcomes of countless conscious, purposive actions, choices, and preferences of individuals, each of whom was trying as best as he or she could under the circumstances to attain various wants and ends and to avoid undesired consequences. Hence the title Mises chose for his economic treatise, "Human Action."

About this title

About the Author:

Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973) was a preeminent philosopher and economist during the twentieth century. He shared an intellectual friendship with literary giant Ayn Rand, and his theorems and philosophies have continued to influence the careers and ideas of politicians and economists alike.

Review:

''Every now and then a book comes along that both sums up and extends the collected wisdom of some science. Human Action, by Ludwig von Mises, was such a book. Fifty years after it first came out, it is still one of the classics of economics. . . [and] still speak[s] to the vital debates of the day.'' --Investor's Business Daily

''Should become the leading text of everyone who believes in freedom, in individualism, and in the ability of a free-market economy not only to outdistance any government-planned system in the production of goods and services for the masses, but to promote and safeguard. . . those intellectual, cultural, and moral values upon which all civilization ultimately rests.'' --Newsweek

''Human Action says it all. In this towering masterwork, Mises makes the case for limited government and a free society, pointing out the inseparability between freedom and free enterprise -- that you can't have one without the other.'' --William H. Peterson, adjunct scholar, Heritage Foundation

About this edition

• Publisher: Martino Fine Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1614273545
• ISBN 13: 9781614273547
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 908