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Sadism, 172, 586

Salvioli, Guiseppe, 627n

Samuelson, Paul Anthony, 787n, Santayana, George, 868n

Satisfaction, see, Want-satisfaction

Saving

advantage of, 487489, 512514, 840

capitalist, 527, 531, 768, 769

forced, 545547, 553555, 573, 842n

investment and, 517520, 805

value judgment and, 530

Scale

of needs, 9697

of value, 9496, 102103

Scarcity, 93, 236237, 525

Schäffle, Albert, 697

Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm, 717

Scholasticism, medieval, 717

Schopenhauer, Arthur, 28

Schultz, Henry, 349

Schumpeter, Joseph, 354, 527n

Schütz, Alfred, 24n, 100n

Sciences

aprioristic, 48

definition of, 10, 20, 65

historical, 47, 59

life and, 877878

measurement (mathematical), 55, 218, 347

natural, 31, 59, 173176, 207, 634, 664n

psychic, 11

social

criticism of, 8

empirical, 49see also, Action, human; Economics; Praxeology; Research

Second International, 152

Security, 612, 835, 841, 843844, 847849

Seignobos, Charles, 50n

Selective process of the market, 308311

Selfishness, 243, 674

Selling

buying and, 324

price discrimination and, 385388

Semantics, 268, 281, 420see also, Metaphors

Serfdom, 197

Serviceableness

duration of, 476

instinct of, 2628

Services, personal, 140141, 234

Seven Years' War, 614n

Sexual customs, 663

Shipment costs, 450

Short run, 8283, 294, 649, 650, 744, 787, 844

Sickness, 165, 833

Silver standard, 456, 469

Singularism, methodological, 4445

Sismondi, Jean Charles, 268

Slaves and slavery, 197, 624630, 817, 835

Smith, Adam

on employers, combinations, 591n

on paper money, 418, 780

on religion, 147n

Smith, Vera Constance, 441n

Social cooperation, see, Cooperation, social

Social engineering, 113see also, Planning

Social gains, 365, 599, 607613, 739741, 750751, 854

Social justice, 671, 719, 849850

Social phenomenon, 157, 275, 287

Social relations, 168169

Social sciences

criticisms of, 8

empirical, 49

Social security, 613, 835, 843844

Socialism

agrarian, 801

British, 812, 855

capitalism and, 672678, 712

champions of, 675n

critics of, 282

depressions under, 563

doctrine of, 689691

economic calculation under, ch. 26, pp. 694711

failure to refute theories of, 6

German pattern of, 319, 471, 687, 713714, 752753, 759

guild, 812813

historical origin of, 685689

labor and, 137

market and, 335, 672, 687, 701, 712

Marxism and, 260, 265, 267, 67In, 689691

policy of, 74, 89, 183, 206, 240, 257, 259260, 672678; Part 5, pp. 685711; 808

praxeological character of, 691693

problem of, 90, 694699

Russian pattern of, 713

taxation and, 733734

theory of value and, 6, 206207

war and, 821828

writings about, 503see also, Collectivism; Interventionism; Planning

Society

action within, ch. 7, pp. 119142; Part 2, pp. 143200

exchange within, ch. 10, pp. 195200

Great, 168169

holistic and metaphysical view of, 1, 145153, 397

human, ch. 8, pp. 143176

individual within, 143, 164165, 178179

liberal, 149, 283, 321

place of economics in, Part 7, pp. 858881

socialist, ch. 25, pp. 685693

“Utopian,” 2, 71, 72, 831

Sociology

instinct, 15

meaning of, 30n

of knowledge, 5, 84, 207, 584

Soil

conservation, 652653

myth of, 640641see also, Land

Solvay, Ernest, 186

Sombart, Werner, 198n, 744n, 837

Sooner or later, 99, 102, 480, 490, 494

Sophocles, 617

Sorel, Georges, 171, 645, 808

Soul, 26, 175

Sovereignty

consumer, 270272, 297, 308, 724

national, 682

Sozialpolitik,320, 363364, 829

Spann, Othmar, 679

Specialization, 69, 311, 620, 870

Speculating, 58, 112113, 251, 253254, 300, 324, 333, 454, 582see also, Entrepreneurs; Investments; Profits and losses; Risk-taking

Speenhamland system, 600n

Spencer, Herbert, 198n

Spending, public, 221, 226229, 236, 242n, 734, 737, 770771, 843845, 846, 851; see also, Taxation

Spengler, Oswald, 645

Spinoza, Benedictus, 5

Stabilization, 220229, 416see also, Currency; Money

Stalin, Josef, 645

Stalinists, 152

Standard of living, 265, 314, 601, 665, 739, 740, 750, 860

State of rest

final, 246

plain, 245246

State and society, 148, 149

Static method, 248249

Statics, 248, 353

Statism, see, Nationalism

Stationary economy, 251252, 256257, 292

Statistics

average of, 60

economic, 30n, 218

of prices, 326328, 347349

Statolatry, 148, 226, 827, 828

Stirner, Max, 151

Stock exchange, 514517, 790

Strigl, Richard, 262n, 642n

Strike, right to, 773

Subconscious, concept of, 12

Subjectivism, 3, 21, 57, 64, 94

Subsidies, 365, 600n, 654656, 737, 738

Subsistence

supply of, 484

wages and, 600606

Sulzbach, Walter, 835n

Superiority, racial, 90

Supply

control of, 357

demand and, 62, 222, 241, 324, 320, 355, 375, 385388, 398402, 756

labor, 136, 591, 606613

monopoly of, 354, 280see also, Money, relation; Money, supply

Surplus, consumer, 385

Surtax, 853

Sweden, prosperity in, 793n

Switzerland

currency devaluation in, 462

monopoly for cereals and, 388

National Bank of, 462, 463

“Sycophants,” 5, 9, 268

Synchronism, 102

Syndicalism and corporativism, 305; ch. 33, pp. 808816

Synthetics, 826

Human Action

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