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Capital goodslack of deity in 80choice of constrained by time pref-link to Chinese state bureaucracy erence 56of 83choosing which to produce 55miracles in 83savings needed for 54Confucius, status of in Confucianism value of 5781

Catholicism, compatibility of with Consciousness 7capitalism 90in man and animals 4

Cavalli-Sforza, Luigi Luca 18, 19, 20Consumer goods 10

Children, voting rights for 149Control, direct and indirect 8

Choosing capital goods to produce 55Cooperation and association, basis for

Christianity 88–9338f.

collectivist outlook of 88Cooperation, intra-group vs. inter-possibility of progress in 89group 46f., 116

CitiesCost accounting, possibility of 45development of 41Criminals, time preferences of 59historical sizes of 42, 68ff .Crises, deliberate creation of 125

City law codes in feudalism 111Cromwell, Oliver 136

City size, dependence of on economic Current wealth, dependence of on past environment 71institutions 64

Civilizationbasis for 120

Daoism 77f.

need for defense of viiiDarwinism 46spread of through colonialism 152

Defense and protection under feudal-Civilizations, criteria for 42f.

ism 106ff .

Classical liberal movement 148

Defense providers, specialized 106

Codifi ed Law 111

Defensive force, civilization’s need for ixCoercive force, need for ixDemocratic rulers, election of 145

Colonialism, examples of 152

Diamond, Jared 26

Common Law 111

Guns, Germs, and Steel 26

Competing paper moneys, advantagesDiscounting 55of 51

Division of laborCompromise, as ineff ective and coun—absolute advantage under 37terproductive 178comparative advantage under 37

Concept formation in animals 6origins of 36f.

Concepts, development of 4reduction of 42

Condottieri 155, 158requirements for 36

Confucianism 80–84shrinkage of 25afterlife in 80spread of 31

Dogs, domestication of 26Game theory 3Double coincidence of wants 43GDPas under-measured in less developedEconomic disintegration countries 97after 1914 50eff ect on of population IQ 93f.

periods of in history 68Gehlen, Arnold 13ff .

Eidgenossenschaften 110Anthropologische Forschung, quote Elites, natural 105from 13, 15Environment, the 8Man 13Envy, infl uence of on economic devel—Genetic distance, law of 21opment 75Goods preference (more over less) 53f.

Equality before the law 137Goods vs. Bads 9Error-correction, the State’s lack of xGoodsEskimos, knowledge lost by 25scarce 11Expected utility of future goods 54f.superabundant 11Externalities, negative 103Government as producer of bads 143f.

Government debt, incentives for 140

Factors of production available to Rob-Government leaders, time preference inson Crusoe 55of 139

Family life, origins of 40Government taxes, incentives for 140

Federal Income Tax (1913) 168Government, principle of 174Federal Reserve System (1913) 168Gradualism 179Ferrero, Guglielmo, Peace and War, Gresham’s law 49quote from 163Grünebaum, G. E. von 79

Feudalism, allodial 135Islam, quote from 80Foch, Ferdinand, Th e Principles of War, Guicciardini (historian), quote from quote from 166156

Freakishness, malicious and metastatic Guineaxdivision of labor in 24

Free societies, defense of 169ff .spoken languages in 24Free will 8tool use in 24French Revolution 164

Friedman, Milton 177, 179Hayek, F. A. 177, 179, 180, 181Fuller, J.F.C 155Th e Constitution of Liberty 181

Th e Conduct of War 1789–1961, Th e Constitution of Liberty, quotequotes from 155, 167from 180

War and Western Civilization, quote Herders 29from 166Hinduism 76f.

associational taboos in 76

Hippie movement 38Instinct to truck and barter 36

Hobbes, Th omas 125, 136Insurance companies, potential role

Hobbesian situation 126for 112

Homo Sapiens, age of 18IntellectualsHomosexuals, time preferences of 60as villains xiHoppe, Hans-Hermannrole of 136f., 177f.

academic life of in the U.S. 17n1Interest 55

A Short History of Man xivInterest ratesDemocracy: Th e God Th at Failed 2, as a function of income 62

133as depending on risk level 62

Getting Libertarianism Right xivhistorical development of 60–62

Th e Economics and Ethics of Private Intermediate products, need for 54

Property xivInternational gold standard 49

Th e Great Fiction xivInterregional trade 30

Investment 54

HorsesIQ in populationsabsence of in America 20as developing over time 98domestication of 20eff ects of migration on 98f.

Howard, Michael, War in European Islam 78ff .

History, quote from 165attitude to science in 79

Humanfamilistic and hierarchical structure condition, the 2ff ., 7f.of 78cooperation 3purpose of life on Earth in 79development viii–ixsimilarity of early Christianity 79sacrifi ce in Hinduism 77

Humans, natural endowments of viiiJewsHume, David 123, 176as inventors of capitalism 85

Hunter-gatherersas moneylenders 86capital accumulation by 28anti-intellectual tradition of 85, 87communication between groups of emancipation of under Christian-

21ity 85minimum group size of 20poverty of in large groups 85population density of 20self-administration among 85relatively easy life of 28Judaism 84–88

Imperialism 152Judges, role of 105

Income redistribution, incentives for Judgment in man and animals 4

142Justice as provided in small societies

Inferences, making of, in man and 105animals 6

Infl ation, incentives for 141Keynes, John Maynard 60

KingsLiberal Utopia, need for (in Hayek)

as owners of property 138180considered under the law 135Libertarianelection of under feudalism 108arguments about economics by viifeudal, as natural monopolists 124movement viigodlike role of 134Limited government as an impossibil-rights of to collect taxes under ity 174feudalism 109Lockean appropriation 102warrior-protector role of 134Logic, development of 4

Knights, archers, and pikemen in feu—Lords and vassals 107dal warfare 153f.Lords, assemblies of under feudalism

Knowledge, diff usion of 30108Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Eric von 146, 168Luther, Martin 130, 158Kuhn, Th omas 178Lynn, Richard and Tatu Vanhanen, IQ and the Wealth of Nations 93

La Dolce Vita 90

Labor-saving techniques 14Machiavelli, Niccolo 156LandManproperty in 26endowment of organs and instincts scarcity of 25in 12

Languagelack of specialized organs and4 functions of 3f.instincts in 13argumentative function of 4nature of 2ff .

benefi ts of 3spread of out of Africa 18ff .

descriptive function of 4Marketability of goods 44development of by humans viiiMarxism, cultural xviexpressive function of 3Mass conscription, introduction of 164origin of 2Means 8signal function of 3Means and environment 8

LanguagesMedium of exchange 44reduction in the number of 30Menger, Carl 9, 43variety of 24requirements of for objects toLaw become goods 9as given vs. made law 106f.Mercenary groups 154public vs. private 137Merchant class 43universal standards of 112Meritocracy in China 83

Leisure time 54Migrations out of Europe 1850–1930

Liberal states, warlike tendencies of 152f.

160Mises Institute, xiii, xvi188 Economy, Society, and History

Mises, Ludwig von viii, 30ff ., 36, 38, Orientals, overrepresentation of in hard

41, 43, 46, 85, 123, 142, 176sciences 84

Human Action, quotes from 32, 38, Ostracism as punishment 105

39, 40, 116, 120

Socialism, quotes from 31, 32, 46, Paper moneys47, 116, 170f.monetary integration under 50

Modern state, creation of 158partial barter under 50

MonarchiesParaguay, Jesuit commonwealth in 32absolute 133Parasitic activitiesChristian 133defi ned 118constitutional 133types of 119dynastic, destruction of 135f.Parasitic life 12

Monetary disintegration 131Parasitism 115ff .

Moneyfundamental law of 122f.

origins of 43ff .institutionalized 121regional vs. universal 45public acceptance needed for 123

Monopolist King, support for from the Pareto welfare criterion 117aristocracy 126f.Parker, Geoff rey, Th e Military Revolu-

Monopoly government, inevitable tion, quote from 157evolution of 174Patriarchy as a natural institution 134

MonopolyPeaceful association among humans economic arguments against 14346f.

political arguments for 143Physical bodies 7

Murray, Charles, Human Accomplish-Pirenne, Henri, Medieval Cities, quotement: Th e Pursuit of Excellence 82from 126quotes from 82, 84

Plants, domestication of 26, 27

Muskets, introduction of 157Political correctness, spread of xvPoliticiansNapoleonic code 111as caretakers of property 138

Natural order, tendency towards 115f.as villains xiNeeds, human 7f.looting by 139

Neolithic Revolution 21, 25time preferences of 60population growth resulting from 29Polynesians, knowledge lost by 25

Nisbet, Robert 81Popper, Karl 3

Nolte, Hans 169Population size, doubling speed of 21

Oman, Sir Charles, quote from 156PopulationsOne-world central bank 50genetic distance between 22, 23

Oppressed, consent of xilinguistic distance between 22, 23

Predestination, doctrine of 91Rational conduct, benefi ts of 120Prestate confl icts 153ff .Reagan, Ronald 141Private property, view of under Chris—Regicide 135tianity 91Regional mobility (voting with feet)

Privilege159attacks against 137Reincarnation in Hinduism 76functional 137Resources, nature-given 7personal 137

Restitution 105

Producer goods 10and punishment 106

Productive activities

Ricardo, David 37defi ned 117

Right thinking, principles of 7types of 118

Rights, individual, as government-Professions, specialized in cities 41given grants 175

Profi t and loss accounting 45

Ritualistic behavior 74

Property and Freedom Society xivRockwell, Lew xiii, xviProperty

‘clean’ 103Role of technology in man’s survival

‘dirty’ 10313f.

defense of 12Rome 42easements 103Rothbard, Murray viii, 17n1, 123, 176function of 10f.Egalitarianism as a Revolt against in land 26Nature 75norms, purpose for 102Roundabout production 54origin of 10Røksund, Arne, Th e Jeune École, quoteoriginal appropriation of 11from 162sense of among higher animals viiiProperty rights 101f.

San Marino 105eff ect of defense on capital accumulation 63Sanscoulottism 166Protection 104Saving 54Protection villages 109Savings as a function of income 62

Protectionist measures 182Scarce goodsProtestant Revolution 157appropriation of 25f.

and the power of the State 92confl icts over 11

Puritanism 91f.Schoeck, Helmut 81

Envy 75

Quigley, Carroll 42, 43, 74, 118Science, development of 41

Th e Evolution of Civilizations, quote Sea routes for trade, ancient 48from 74Secession 182

Self defense 104

Self-consciousness in man and animals tendency of towards concentration

6f.and growth 160

Self-suffi cient isolation 38Sublime experiences 39

Separation between Church and State Survival of the less fi t 40f.

in feudalism 110, 134Swedish welfare state 181

Shahak, Israel, Jewish History, Jewish Switzerland, voting rights in 148

Religion, quote from 87

Silk Road 47Taxes, public resistance to 146f.

Slave societies, lack of innovation in 74Technology, 3

Slavery 119, 146f.stages in the use of 15f.

private 147Tenantspublic 147right to resistance by 109role of Christianity in eliminating rights of to vote with their feet 109

89Territorial monopolist 121f.

Smith, Adam viii, 36, 39Th inking in animals 5

Social attitudes infl uencing economic Th inking tied to perception 5development 73Th irty Years’ War 156

Societies, multicultural, dangers of 117Th ought police, battle with in 2004 xiv

Societies, prestate 133Time preference (sooner over later) 53f.

Society, development of 31diff erences between groups 58

Solidusexamples of 57ff . monetary unit 49

Sombart, Werner 85Time, scarcity of 37

Soviet Union, public slavery in 147Tools 9

Spencer, Herbert viii, 10, 75, 109Trade, long-distance 43

Principles of SociologyTrading routes, ancient 48, quotes from10, 75, 109

St. Paul 90United StatesStanding armies, creation of 158compared with the Soviet Union

161f.

State borders, uses for 131imperialist foreign policy of 162

State, theUniversity student body, changingas an error of civilization 173defi ned 121composition of xvdependence of on popular support UNLV, battle with political correctness

176at xivorigin of 115ff .Uruk 42steps used by to consolidate power Use of energy, development of 14f.

129f.Use of natural resources, development

Statesof 15natural aggressiveness of 159

Venice, location of for defensive pur—Weber, Max 90, 111poses 104WereDörfer 109

Wokeness xvWaiting, subjective sacrifi ce required Wooden economism viifor 54World democracy, results of 148f.

WarWorld population, growth of 65f.

ideological 164World stateincreasing brutality of 157logical requirement for 181resources used for 166need for 128total 165World War I 168f.

underlying causes for 151World War II 169

Warfare, monarchical 159Written language, development of 41

Wars as knightly sporting matches 154between states 156, 164to create states 156

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