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Chapter 47 of 62 · Human Action by Ludwig von Mises

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East versus West, 84, 495, 665, 836

Eclecticism, 185

Econometrics, 348, 349

Economic autarky, 267n, 314

Economic calculation, Part 3, pp.201232; ch. 26, pp. 694711

capitalism and, 231, 260, 488, 511

limits of, 215218

market and nonmarket and, 206, 210212

money and, 215, 225, 230, 260

problem of, 207210, 345

results of, 421422

socialism under, ch. 26, pp. 694711

sphere of, ch. 12, pp. 213229

theory of, 199232, 260, 421422, 692711, 856

valuation without, ch. 11, pp. 20212see also, Mathematics; Measurement; Quantitative economics

Economics

armchair, 9

backwardness of, 78, 56, 664n, 865

bourgeois, 78

calculation, see, Economic calculation

citizens and, 874875

cognition of, 205, 881

defined, 10, 225n, 266, 881

denial of, 4, 7, 21, 235237, 643

effects, long-run and short-run, 8283, 294, 649, 650, 744, 787, 844

education and, 872874

epistemological character of, 4; ch. 2, pp. 3071

external, 650656

freedom and, 875876

government policy and, 239, 467

history and, 51, 66, 266, 327, 426, 502, 603, 863865

law of, 755756

learning and, ch. 38, pp. 863876

logical method of, 251, 347

mathematical method of, 251, 257, 330, 347354, 374376, 396, 697698, 706711

nondescript character of, ch. 37, pp. 858862

objectives of, 6, 185, 203, 354

of market society, Part 4, pp. 233684

philosophy of laymen, 464

praxeology and, 13, 92, 95, 497, 879, 881

prediction of, 105, 117, 866

privileges and, 81, 313, 658659, 742

problems of human existence and, ch. 39, pp. 877881

procedure of, 6469

profession of, 865866

public opinion and, 537, 859860

quantitative, 5557, 118, 347349

realism and, 646

restriction and, 749751

revolt against, 9, 6768; ch. 3, pp. 7291; 755756

Ricardian, see, Ricardo, David

scarcity and, 93, 236237, 525

singularity of, 858859

society and, Part 7, pp. 858881

specialization of, 69, 870

study of, 3, 64, 491, 863865

teaching of, 868874

theory of, 610, 202

universities and, 868872

value judgment and, 10, 21, 295, 256, 879881

war, ch. 34, pp. 817828see also, Catallactics

Economists

Austrian, 4, 120, 492493

English, 493n

laissez-faire, 615

Marxian criticism of, 9

mathematical, 251, 354, 396, 410

metaphors in language of, 114, 117, 272273, 456457, 725726

profession of, 865see also, Classical economists

Economy

autistic, 195, 244245

changing, originary interest in, 531533

direction of, 270

English, 9, 147

mixed, 259260, 712

progressing, 252, 292296, 411

retrogressing, 192, 252, 296297

Robinson Crusoe, 206

Russian Soviet, 260

stationary, 251252, 256257, 292see also, Entrepreneurs; Evenly rotating economy; Imaginary construction; Market economy; Planning

Eddington, Arthur Stanley, 57n, 21 In

Education

economics and, ch. 38, pp. 863876

evaluated, 311

for special work, 620

Egalitarianism, 173

Ego, 11, 2326, 44

Ehrlich, Paul, 700

Einfühlung,50

Einstein, Albert, 39, 102n

Elasticity of demand, 55, 349

Elections, 647nsee also, Voting

Ellis, Howard, 406n

Ely, Richard T., 357n, 523n, 724n

Empathy, 50, 87

Empiricism, 32, 69

Employer-employee relations, see, Labor, relations

Ends and means of action, 70, 9294, 201202, 208, 476

Engels, Friedrich, 74, 165, 198n, 236n, 267, 588n, 602n, 670

Engineering, social, 112, 113, 783see also, Interventionism; Socialism

England, see, Great Britain

Engliš, Karel, 25n

Enlightenment, Age of, 240

Entrepreneurs

activities of, 227, 230, 249, 253257, 324, 707

booms and, 550

calculation and, 331, 345

capitalists and, 502

description of, 254, 288

freedom restricted, 9, 269

goodwill and, 378

gross market rate of interest and, 536538

in a changing economy, 333, 531

investment and, 582

labor market and, 591

mentality of, 333, 582

monopoly and, 358

operation of, 300, 325, 341, 704

prices and, 333

profit and loss of, 286297, 375, 514, 531, 739n

technology and, 345

term of, 6162

training of, 311see also, Consumers; Market economy

Environment and inheritance, 46

Envy, 90

Epicureanism, 15, 147

Epistemological problems, 1, 4; ch. 2, pp. 3071see also, Knowledge

Equality under law, 838see also, Inequality

Equations

differential, 8, 351, 707711

of exchange, 354, 396, 410

Equilibrium

prices and, 248, 326, 375, 411, 706

speculation and, 251, 253

want-satisfaction and, 482

Error, fight against, 184187

Ersatz, 925–826

Espinas, Alfred, 3n

Ethics, 15, 95, 147, 719725

Ethnologists, 84

Euclidian geometry, 211

Eudaemonism, 15, 21

Europe

banks and banking of, 442

civilization of, 85

conservation and, 653

Western poverty and, 832

Evenly rotating economy

consumption and, 482

interestand, 523, 531, 535

land and, 639n

monopoly and, 411, 413

prices and, 326, 351, 375, 633, 707

production and, 676n, 620

state of rest and, 245251see also, Imaginary construction

Evolution, 33, 170, 192, 267, 485

Exchange

action and, 9798

autistic, 195196

bilateral, 794796

direct versus indirect, 203, 402

equation of, 354, 396, 410

foreign, see, Foreign exchange

indirect, 66, 203; ch. 17, pp. 395475

interpersonal, 195196, 202, 245, 322, 535

media of, 40, 209, 395, 399, 459463, 774

ratios, 233, 324, 427, 449455

theory of, 33n, 410

within society, ch. 10, pp. 195200see also, Market economy; Money; Trade

Exorcism, 37, 68

Expansion, credit, see, Credit expansion

Expenditures, public, see, Spending, public

Experience, 18, 25, 3949, 65, 69

Experiments, 3132, 5859

Exploitation doctrine, 298, 601606, 766

Export and import

money and, 448, 475, 785see also, Exchange; Free trade; Tariff; Trade

External costs and economies, 650656

External drain, money and, 437, 456, 459, 473, 569, 791

Human Action

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