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Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis (Liberty Fund edition)

Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis (Liberty Fund edition) by Ludwig von Mises is available as a free PDF download at freecapitalists.org.

Author
Ludwig von Mises
First published
1981
Format
PDF
Pages
512
Publisher
Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1981; Online Library of Liberty edition
License
Published here by permission.

Mises's 1922 critique of socialism, which argues that without market prices and private ownership of the means of production, rational economic calculation is impossible. The Liberty Fund edition of 1981 uses J. Kahane's English translation and adds a foreword by F. A. Hayek.

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Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973) was the acknowledged leader of the Austrian School of economics and a prolific author on economic theory, epistemology, and political philosophy. This archive holds 68 of von Mises's works.
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Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973) was the acknowledged leader of the Austrian School of economics and a prolific author on economic theory, epistemology, and political philosophy. Read more about Ludwig von Mises.

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