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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.201–232; ch. 26, pp. 694–711

capitalism and, 231, 260, 488, 511

limits of, 215–218

market and nonmarket and, 206, 210–212

money and, 215, 225, 230, 260

problem of, 207–210, 345

results of, 421–422

socialism under, ch. 26, pp. 694–711

sphere of, ch. 12, pp. 213–229

theory of, 199–232, 260, 421–422, 692–711, 856

valuation without, ch. 11, pp. 20–212see also, Mathematics; Measurement; Quantitative economics

Economics

armchair, 9

backwardness of, 7–8, 56, 664n, 865

bourgeois, 78

calculation, see, Economic calculation

citizens and, 874–875

cognition of, 205, 881

defined, 10, 225n, 266, 881

denial of, 4, 7, 21, 235–237, 643

effects, long-run and short-run, 82–83, 294, 649, 650, 744, 787, 844

education and, 872–874

epistemological character of, 4; ch. 2, pp. 30–71

external, 650–656

freedom and, 875–876

government policy and, 239, 467

history and, 51, 66, 266, 327, 426, 502, 603, 863–865

law of, 755–756

learning and, ch. 38, pp. 863–876

logical method of, 251, 347

mathematical method of, 251, 257, 330, 347–354, 374–376, 396, 697–698, 706–711

nondescript character of, ch. 37, pp. 858–862

objectives of, 6, 185, 203, 354

of market society, Part 4, pp. 233–684

philosophy of laymen, 464

praxeology and, 1–3, 92, 95, 497, 879, 881

prediction of, 105, 117, 866

privileges and, 81, 313, 658–659, 742

problems of human existence and, ch. 39, pp. 877–881

procedure of, 64–69

profession of, 865–866

public opinion and, 537, 859–860

quantitative, 55–57, 118, 347–349

realism and, 646

restriction and, 749–751

revolt against, 9, 67–68; ch. 3, pp. 72–91; 755–756

Ricardian, see, Ricardo, David

scarcity and, 93, 236–237, 525

singularity of, 858–859

society and, Part 7, pp. 858–881

specialization of, 69, 870

study of, 3, 64, 491, 863–865

teaching of, 868–874

theory of, 6–10, 202

universities and, 868–872

value judgment and, 10, 21, 295, 256, 879–881

war, ch. 34, pp. 817–828see also, Catallactics

Economists

Austrian, 4, 120, 492–493

English, 493n

laissez-faire, 615

Marxian criticism of, 9

mathematical, 251, 354, 396, 410

metaphors in language of, 114, 117, 272–273, 456–457, 725–726

profession of, 865see also, Classical economists

Economy

autistic, 195, 244–245

changing, originary interest in, 531–533

direction of, 270

English, 9, 147

mixed, 259–260, 712

progressing, 252, 292–296, 411

retrogressing, 192, 252, 296–297

Robinson Crusoe, 206

Russian Soviet, 260

stationary, 251–252, 256–257, 292see also, Entrepreneurs; Evenly rotating economy; Imaginary construction; Market economy; Planning

Eddington, Arthur Stanley, 57n, 21 In

Education

economics and, ch. 38, pp. 863–876

evaluated, 311

for special work, 620

Egalitarianism, 173

Ego, 11, 23–26, 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, 92–94, 201–202, 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, 253–257, 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, 536–538

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, 286–297, 375, 514, 531, 739n

technology and, 345

term of, 61–62

training of, 311see also, Consumers; Market economy

Environment and inheritance, 46

Envy, 90

Epicureanism, 15, 147

Epistemological problems, 1, 4; ch. 2, pp. 30–71see also, Knowledge

Equality under law, 838see also, Inequality

Equations

differential, 8, 351, 707–711

of exchange, 354, 396, 410

Equilibrium

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

speculation and, 251, 253

want-satisfaction and, 482

Error, fight against, 184–187

Ersatz, 925–826

Espinas, Alfred, 3n

Ethics, 15, 95, 147, 719–725

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, 245–251see also, Imaginary construction

Evolution, 33, 170, 192, 267, 485

Exchange

action and, 97–98

autistic, 195–196

bilateral, 794–796

direct versus indirect, 203, 402

equation of, 354, 396, 410

foreign, see, Foreign exchange

indirect, 66, 203; ch. 17, pp. 395–475

interpersonal, 195–196, 202, 245, 322, 535

media of, 40, 209, 395, 399, 459–463, 774

ratios, 233, 324, 427, 449–455

theory of, 33n, 410

within society, ch. 10, pp. 195–200see also, Market economy; Money; Trade

Exorcism, 37, 68

Expansion, credit, see, Credit expansion

Expenditures, public, see, Spending, public

Experience, 18, 25, 39–49, 65, 69

Experiments, 31–32, 58–59

Exploitation doctrine, 298, 601–606, 766

Export and import

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

External costs and economies, 650–656

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

Human Action

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