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First published 2011

A Critique of Interventionism

In Mises’s view, interventionism is an inherently unstable policy because it creates new dislocations that would seem to cry out for further interventions, which, in turn, do not solve the problem. The end of interventionism is socialism, a fate avoided only by a sharp turn toward free markets.

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11 chapters · 49,310 words

  1. Copyright Page
  2. Foreword
  3. Introduction
  4. Preface
  5. INTERVENTIONISM1 1 INTERVENTIONISM AS AN ECONOMIC SYSTEM
  6. THE HAMPERED MARKET ECONOMY 1 THE PREVAILING DOCTRINE OF THE HAMPERED MARKET ECONOMY
  7. SOCIAL LIBERALISM1 1 INTRODUCTION
  8. ANTI-MARXISM1
  9. THEORY OF PRICE CONTROLS1 1 INTRODUCTION
  10. THE NATIONALIZATION OF CREDIT?*
  11. Index
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Ludwig von Mises 1881–1973

Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973) was the acknowledged leader of the Austrian School of economic thought, a prodigious originator in economic theory, and a prolific author. Read more about Ludwig von Mises.

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