First published 1949
Economic Calculation in the Socialist Society
Economic Calculation in the Socialist Society by Trygve J.B. Hoff is available as a free PDF, EPUB, and Kindle download at freecapitalists.org.
- Trygve J.B. Hoff
- First published
- 1949
- Format
- PDF, EPUB, and Kindle
- Pages
- 271
- ISBN
- 9780913966938
- Publisher
- 1949, William Hodge and Company, London
- License
- Believed to be in the public domain: this work was published in the 1932-1963 window when US copyright had to be renewed after 28 years, and no renewal was found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries. Not independently confirmed.
Austrian theory & method The state & socialism
First published in Norwegian in 1938, the English translation of Hoff's work didn't appear until 1949, and was not widely available. As a survey of the debate on socialist calculation, and a defense of the pure Mises-Hayek position, this work deserves more attention than it has received. He covers a myriad of objections to the idea that by socializing the means of production, government wrecks the ability to calculate. He also addresses still-common criticisms of the capitalist production process.
The contents of this essential work include:
- Introduction (Karen I. Vaughn)
- 1. Statement of the Problem--Earlier Treatment of the Subject--Possibility of "Objective" Discussion
- 2. Definitions and Assumptions
- 3. Procedure--Additional Assumptions--The Aim of Social Economic Activity
- 4. Calculation in Socialism Societies with a Natural Economy
- 5. The Possibility of Economic Calculation in Marxist-Communist Communities
- 6. Money and the Formation of Prices of Consumer Goods in a Socialist Society with Free Choice of Goods and Occupation
- 7. Reserves, Profit, and Risk in the Socialist State
- 8. Interest in the Socialist Society
- 9. Rent in the Socialist Society
- 10. Depreciation in the Socialist Society
- 11. Mises' Theory, Proposed Solutions: Mathematical Solutions and the "Experimental Method"
- 12. Other Solutions, Marginal Costs as Criteria
- 13. Other Suggested Solutions: Competition in the Socialist Community
- 14. Economic Calculation in a Socialist Society Where There Is Free Choice of Goods or Occupation
- 15. Resume and Conclusions
- Appendices
- A. The Price-Mechanism in a Private Capitalist Society
- B. Alleged Defects of Capitalist Societies and the Chances of Eliminating them in Socialist Societies
- C. A Comparison between our Conclusions and Experiences in Soviet Russia
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- How long is Economic Calculation in the Socialist Society?
- 271 pages, 22 chapters, and about 94,543 words in the edition this archive serves.
- Is Economic Calculation in the Socialist Society in the public domain?
- Believed so. US works published between 1932 and 1963 kept copyright past 28 years only if someone filed a renewal, and no renewal for this work was found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries. That is a search result rather than a legal opinion: a renewal filed under a shortened title or a different claimant would not have been found. Some copies carry a rights notice, which records the original claim and does not extend a term that lapsed.
- Who wrote Economic Calculation in the Socialist Society?
- Trygve J. B. Hoff (1895–1982) was a Norwegian economist, businessman, and writer. He is best known as the editor of the Norwegian business magazine Farmand.
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