Human Action is the magnum opus of Ludwig von Mises, first published in 1949. It defined a large part of present Austrian Economics.
Contents[]
Part One: Human Action[]
- Acting Man
- The Epistemological Problems of the Sciences of Human Action
- . Economics and the Revolt Against Reason
- A First Analysis of the Category of Action
- Time
- Uncertainty
- Action Within the World
Part Two: Actions Within the Framework of Society[]
- Human Society
- The Role of Ideas
- Exchange Within Society
Part Three: Economic Calculation[]
- Valuation Without Calculation
- The Sphere of Economic Calculation
- Monetary Calculation as a Tool of Action
Part Four: Catallactics or Economics of the Market Society[]
- The Market
- Prices
- Indirect Exchange
- Action in the Passing of Time
- Interest
- Interest, Credit Expansion, and the Trade Cycle
- Work and Wages
- The Nonhuman Original Factors of Production
- The Data of the Market
- Harmony and Conflict of Interests
Part Five: Social Cooperation Without a Market[]
- The Imaginary Construction of a Socialist Society
- The Impossibility of Economic Calculation Under Socialism
Part Six: The Hampered Market Economy[]
- The Government and the Market
- Interference by Taxation
- Restriction of Production
- Interference with the Structure of Prices
- Currency and Credit Manipulation
- Confiscation and Redistribution
- Syndicalism and Corporativism
- The Economics of War
- The Welfare Principle Versus the Market Principle
- The Crisis of Interventionism
Part Seven: The Place of Economics in Society[]
- The Nondescript Character of Economics
- The Place of Economics in Learning
- Economics and the Essential Problems of Human Existence
External links[]
- read the complete online edition (pdf) or purchase Human Action, The Scholar's Edition
- the complete Study Guide (pdf), partially attached to the online version of Human Action, also for sale
- the Wikipedia page
- See also: Human Action Comics