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Interventionism, an economic analysis, Ludwig von Mises ; edited and with a foreword by Bettina Bien Greaves

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [97]-98) and index

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Interventionism

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Ludwig von Mises ; edited and with a foreword by Bettina Bien Greaves

an economic analysis

Foreword -- Author's preface -- Introduction -- The problem, Capitalism or market economy -- The socialist economy -- The capitalist state and the socialist state -- The interventionist state -- The plea for moral reform -- Interference by restriction -- The nature of restrictive measures -- Costs and benefits of restrictive measures -- The restrictive measure as a privilege -- Restrictive measures as expenditures -- Interference by price control -- The alternative: statutory law versus economic law -- The reaction of the market -- Minimum wages and unemployment -- The political consequences of unemployment -- Inflation and credit expansion -- Inflation -- Credit expansion -- Foreign exchange control -- The flight of capital and the problem of "hot money" -- Confiscation and subsidies -- Confiscation -- The procurement of funds for public expenditure -- Unprofitable public works and subsidies -- "Altruistic" entrepreneurship -- Corporativism and syndicalism -- Corporativism -- Syndicalism -- War economy -- War and the market economy -- Total war and war socialism -- Market economy and national defense -- The economic, social, and political consequences of interventionism -- The economic consequences -- Parliamentary government and interventionism -- Freedom and the economic system -- The great delusion -- The source of Hitler's success -- Conclusions -- Reading references -- Index