The Classical Tradition
Titles in the Liberty Fund Library of the Works of Ludwig von Mises
Edited by Bettina Bien Greaves
The Anti-capitalistic Mentality
Bureaucracy
Economic Freedom and Interventionism: An Anthology of Articles and Essays
Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow
Human Action: A Treatise on Economics
Interventionism: An Economic Analysis
Liberalism: The Classical Tradition
Nation, State, and Economy: Contributions to the Politics and History of Our Time
Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War
On the Manipulation of Money and Credit: Three Treatises on Trade-Cycle Theory
Planning for Freedom: Let the Market System Work
A Collection of Essays and Addresses
Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis
Theory and History: An Interpretation of Social and Economic Evolution
The Theory of Money and Credit
The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science: An Essay on Method
Edited by Richard M. Ebeling
Selected Writings of Ludwig von Mises
Volume 1: Monetary and Economic Policy Problems Before, During, and After the Great War
Volume 2: Between the Two World Wars: Monetary Disorder, Interventionism, Socialism, and the Great Depression
Volume 3: The Political Economy of International Reform and Reconstruction
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Editorial additions © 2005 by Liberty Fund, Inc. First published in German in 1927 as Liberalismus. First English edition was published in 1962 by D. Van Nostrand as The Free and Prosperous Commonwealth: An Exposition of the Ideas of Classical Liberalism.
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This eBook edition published in 2011.
eBook ISBN: E-PUB 978-1-61487-148-4
CONTENTS
Preface to the English-Language Edition
6 The Psychological Roots of Antiliberalism
CHAPTER 1 The Foundations of Liberal Policy
5 The Inequality of Wealth and Income
9 Critique of the Doctrine of Force
10 The Argument of Fascism
11 The Limits of Governmental Activity
12 Tolerance
13 The State and Antisocial Conduct
CHAPTER 2 Liberal Economic Policy
1 The Organization of the Economy
2 Private Property and Its Critics
3 Private Property and the Government
4 The Impracticability of Socialism
5 Interventionism
6 Capitalism: The Only Possible System of Social Organization
7 Cartels, Monopolies, and Liberalism
8 Bureaucratization
CHAPTER 3 Liberal Foreign Policy
1 The Boundaries of the State
2 The Right of Self-Determination
3 The Political Foundations of Peace
4 Nationalism
5 Imperialism
6 Colonial Policy
7 Free Trade
8 Freedom of Movement
9 The United States of Europe
10 The League of Nations
11 Russia