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Economic Controversies by Murray N. Rothbard

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The complete text of Economic Controversies by Murray N. Rothbard is free to read here, split into 51 chapters totalling 353,261 words.

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Chapters

  1. Introduction by Gene Epstein2,370 words
  2. 1. The Mantle of Science7,841 words
  3. 2. What is the Proper Way to Study Man?1,079 words
  4. 3 Praxeology as the Method of the Social Sciences THE PRAXEOLOGICAL METHOD10,978 words
  5. 4. Praxeology: The Methodology of Austrian Economics7,506 words
  6. 5. Praxeology, Value Judgments, and Public Policy8,029 words
  7. 6. In Defense of “Extreme Apriorism”3,364 words
  8. 7. Praxeology: Reply to Mr. Schuller2,025 words
  9. 8. The Hermeneutical Invasion of Philosophy and Economics6,626 words
  10. 9. New Light on the Prehistory of the Austrian School7,725 words
  11. 10. The Present State of Austrian Economics24,245 words
  12. 11. Ludwig von Mises and the Paradigm for Our Age5,600 words
  13. 12. Value Implications of Economic Theory4,038 words
  14. 13. The Myth of Efficiency2,961 words
  15. 14. Breaking Out of the Walrasian Box: Schumpeter and Hansen5,513 words
  16. 15. Professor Rolph on the Discounted Marginal Productivity Theory1,108 words
  17. 16. Professor Kirzner on Entrepreneurship3,092 words
  18. 17. Toward a Reconstruction of Utility and Welfare Economics16,450 words
  19. 18. The Politics of Political Economists3,093 words
  20. 19 Justice and Property Rights THE FAILURE OF UTILITARIANISM8,082 words
  21. 20 Law, Property Rights, and Air Pollution LAW AS A NORMATIVE DISCIPLINE20,124 words
  22. 21. The Fallacy of the “Public Sector”3,071 words
  23. 22. Statistics: Achilles’s Heel of Government1,660 words
  24. 23. How and How Not to Desocialize5,261 words
  25. 24. The Myth of Neutral Taxation20,358 words
  26. 25. The Myth of Tax “Reform”4,589 words
  27. 26 The Consumption Tax: A Critique THE ALLEGED SUPERIORITY OF THE INCOME TAX6,649 words
  28. 27 The Case Against the Flat Tax “SPECIAL INTERESTS”: GOOD OR BAD?6,367 words
  29. 28. The Uneasy Case for Degressive Taxation: A Critique of Blum and Kalven8,856 words
  30. 29. The Single Tax: Economic and Moral Implications4,405 words
  31. 30. The Value-Added Tax is Not the Answer2,176 words
  32. 31. A Reply to Georgist Criticisms1,630 words
  33. 32 Freedom, Inequality, Primitivism, and the Division of Labor I.12,518 words
  34. 33. Restrictionist Pricing of Labor2,141 words
  35. 34. Mercantilism: A Lesson for Our Times?4,489 words
  36. 35. Capitalism versus Statism5,389 words
  37. 36. A Future of Peace and Capitalism4,534 words
  38. 37. The Austrian Theory of Money9,039 words
  39. 38. Money, the State, and Modern Mercantilism5,960 words
  40. 39 Austrian Definitions of the Supply of Money THE DEFINITION OF THE SUPPLY OF MONEY4,888 words
  41. 40. Gold vs. Fluctuating Fiat Exchange Rates5,126 words
  42. 41 The Case for a Genuine Gold Dollar INFLATIONARY FIAT PAPER7,885 words
  43. 42. Inflation and the Business Cycle: The Collapse of the Keynesian Paradigm10,234 words
  44. 43. Lange, Mises and Praxeology: The Retreat from Marxism4,404 words
  45. 44. Ludwig von Mises and Economic Calculation Under Socialism3,994 words
  46. 45. The End of Socialism and the Calculation Debate Revisited11,096 words
  47. 46 The Myth of Free Banking in Scotland “FREE BANKING” IN SCOTLAND7,573 words
  48. 47. Aurophobia: Or, Free Banking on What Standard?5,285 words
  49. Section Seven: Criticism13,646 words
  50. Bibliography9,250 words
  51. Index8,939 words

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