Interventionism [[electronic resource] ] : an economic analysis / / Ludwig von Mises ; edited and with a foreword by Bettina Bien Greaves

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910824592403321
• Autore: Von Mises Ludwig <1881-1973.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Indianapolis, Ind., : Liberty Fund, Inc., c2011
• ISBN: 1-4619-3143-6; 1-61487-891-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (129 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): GreavesBettina Bien
• Disciplina: 330.15/7
• Soggetti: Economic policy; Central planning
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Originally published in 1998 by Foundation for Economic Education, Inc."--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [97]-98) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.