Copyright

This edition is published in cooperation with the Institute for Humane Studies, Inc., Fairfax, Virginia.

This Third Edition co-published by

Cobden Press

1800 Market Street

San Francisco, California 94102

and

The Foundation for Economic Education, Inc.

Irvington-on-Hudson, New York 10533

Preface to the Third Edition Copyright 1985 by

The Foundation for Economic Education, Inc.

Cover design by John Dusko.

All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of reprints in the context of reviews. For information write Cobden Press, 1800 Market Street, San Francisco, California 94102.

ISBN 0-930439-23-6 (Cobden Press)

This Mises.org edition ©2002 with the permission of the Ludwig von Mises estate. Online edition prepared for publication by William Harshbarger.