JohnPollock
05-12-08, 15:53
CONTENTS
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Introduction to the Scholar's Edition by Joseph Stromberg (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/introduction.asp) (p. xix)
Preface to Revised Edition (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/preface.asp) (p. lxxxix)
CHAPTER 1-FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN ACTION (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap1a.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap1a.asp#1._The_Concept_of_Action_) The Concept of Action (p. 1)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap1a.asp#2._First_Implications_) First Implications of the Concept (p. 2)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap1a.asp#3._Further_Implications) Further Implications: The Means (p. 8)
4. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap1b.asp#4._Further_Implications:_Time) Further Implications: Time (p. 13)
5. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap1b.asp#5._Further_Implications) Further Implications (p. 17)
A. Ends and Values (p. 17)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap1b.asp#B._THE_LAW) The Law of Marginal Utility (p. 21)
6. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap1c.asp#6._Factors_of_Production:_The_Law_of_) Factors of Production: The Law of Returns (p. 33)
7. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap1c.asp#7._Factors) Factors of Production: Convertibility and Valuation (p. 38)
8. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap1c.asp#8._Factors) Factors of Production: Labor versus Leisure (p. 42)
9. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap1c.asp#9._The_Formation) The Formation of Capital (p. 47)
10. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap1d.asp#10._Action) Action as an Exchange (p. 70)
Appendix A: (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap1d.asp#APPENDIX_A) Praxeology and Economics (p. 72)
Appendix B: (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap1d.asp#APPENDIX_B) On Means and Ends (p. 76)
CHAPTER 2-DIRECT EXCHANGE (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap2a.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap2a.asp) Types of Interpersonal Action: Violence (p. 79)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap2a.asp#_ftnref7) Types of Interpersonal Action:
Voluntary Exchange and the Contractual Society (p. 84)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap2a.asp#3._Exchange_andthe_Division) Exchange and the Division of Labor (p. 95)
4. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap2b.asp) Terms of Exchange (p. 103)
5. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap2b.asp#_ftnref2) Determination of Price: Equilibrium Price (p. 106)
6. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap2b.asp#_ftnref6) Elasticity of Demand (p. 126)
7. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap2c.asp) Speculation and Supply and Demand Schedules (p. 130)
8. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap2c.asp#8._Stock_andthe_Total) Stock and the Total Demand to Hold (p. 137)
9. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap2c.asp#9._Continuing_Markets) Continuing Markets and Changes in Price (p. 142)
10. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap2c.asp#10._Specialization_and_Production) Specialization and Production of Stock (p. 153)
11. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap2d.asp) Types of Exchangeable Goods (p. 162)
12. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap2d.asp#12._Property_the_Appropriation) Property: The Appropriation of Raw Land (p. 169)
13. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap2d.asp#13._Enforcement_Against_Invasion) Enforcement Against Invasion of Property (p. 176)
CHAPTER 3-THE PATTERN OF INDIRECT EXCHANGE (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap3a.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap3a.asp) The Limitations of Direct Exchange (p. 187)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap3a.asp#2._Emergence_of_Indirect) The Emergence of Indirect Exchange (p. 189)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap3a.asp#3._Some_Implications) Some Implications of the Emergence of Money (p. 193)
4. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap3a.asp#4._The_Monetary_Unit) The Monetary Unit (p. 196)
5. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap3a.asp#5._Money_Income) Money Income and Money Expenditures (p. 198)
6. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap3b.asp) Producers' Expenditures (p. 206)
7. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap3b.asp#7._Maximizing_Income) Maximizing Income and Allocating Resources (p. 213)
CHAPTER 4-PRICES AND CONSUMPTION (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap4a.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap4a.asp) Money Prices (p. 233)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap4a.asp#2._Determination_Money_Prices) Determination of Money Prices (p. 238)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap4a.asp#3._Determination_Supply_Demand) Determination of Supply and Demand Schedules (p. 249)
4. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap4a.asp#4._Gains_of_Exchange) The Gains of Exchange (p. 257)
5. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap4b.asp) The Marginal Utility of Money (p. 261)
A. The Consumer (p. 261)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap4b.asp#5B._Money_Regression) The Money Regression (p. 268)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap4b.asp#5C._Utility_and_Costs) Utility and Costs (p. 276)
D. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap4b.asp#5D._Planning_Range_of_Choice) Planning and the Range of Choice (p. 279)
6. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap4c.asp) Interrelations among the Prices of Consumers' Goods (p. 280)
7. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap4c.asp#7._Prices_Durable_Goods) The Prices of Durable Goods and Their Services (p. 288)
8. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap4c.asp#8._Welfare_Comparisons) Welfare Comparisons and the Ultimate Satisfactions of the Consumer (p. 298)
9. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap4d.asp) Some Fallacies Relating to Utility (p. 302)
Appendix A: (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap4d.asp#ApxA._Diminishing_Marginal_Utility) The Diminishing Marginal Utility of Money (p. 311)
Appendix B: (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap4d.asp#ApxB._On_Value) On Value (p. 316)
CHAPTER 5-PRODUCTION: THE STRUCTURE (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap5a.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap5a.asp) Some Fundamental Principles of Action (p. 319)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap5a.asp#2._Evenly_Rotating_Economy) The Evenly Rotating Economy (p. 320)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap5a.asp#3._Structure_of_Production) The Structure of Production: A World of Specific Factors (p. 329)
4. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap5a.asp#4._Joint_Ownership) Joint Ownership of the Product by the Owners of the Factors (p. 333)
5. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap5a.asp#5._Cost) Cost (p. 340)
6. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap5b.asp) Ownership of the Product by Capitalists: Amalgamated Stages (p. 345)
7. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap5b.asp#7._Present_and_Future_Goods) Present and Future Goods: The Pure Rate of Interest (p. 348)
8. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap5b.asp#8._Money_Costs_Prices) Money Costs, Prices, and Alfred Marshall (p. 353)
9. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap5b.asp#9._Pricing_Theory_Bargaining) Pricing and the Theory of Bargaining (p. 362)
CHAPTER 6-PRODUCTION: THE RATE OF INTEREST AND ITS DETERMINATION (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap6a.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap6a.asp) Many Stages: The Pure Rate of Interest (p. 367)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap6a.asp#_ftnref7) The Determination of the Pure Rate of Interest:
The Time Market (p. 375)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap6a.asp#3._Individual_Value_Scales) Time Preference and Individual Value Scales (p. 379)
4. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap6bb.asp) The Time Market and the Production Structure (p. 390)
5. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap6c.asp) Time Preference, Capitalists, and Individual Money Stock (p. 410)
6. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap6c.asp#6._Post_Income_Demanders) The Post-Income Demanders (p. 416)
7. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap6c.asp#7._Myth_Importance) The Myth of the Importance of the Producers' Loan Market (p. 420)
8. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap6c.asp#8._Joint_Stock_Company) The Joint-Stock Company (p. 426)
9. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap6d.asp) Joint-Stock Companies and the Producers' Loan Market (p. 435)
10. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap6d.asp#10._Forces_Affecting_Time_Preferences) Forces Affecting Time Preferences (p. 443)
11. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap6d.asp#11._Time_Structure_Interest_Rates) The Time Structure of Interest Rates (p. 445)
Appendix: (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap6d.asp#6Apx_Schumpeter) Schumpeter and the Zero Rate of Interest (p. 450)
CHAPTER 7-PRODUCTION: GENERAL PRICING OF THE FACTORS (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap7a.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap7a.asp) Imputation of the Discounted Marginal Value Product (p. 453)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap7b.asp) Determination of the Discounted Marginal Value Product (p. 465)
A. Discounting (p. 465)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap7b.asp#2B._Marginal_Physical_Product) The Marginal Physical Product (p. 466)
(1) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap7b.asp#2B1._Law_of_Returns) The Law of Returns (p. 468)
(2) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap7b.asp#2B2._MPP_and_APP) Marginal Physical Product and Average Physical Product (p. 468)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap7b.asp#2C._Marginal_Value_Product) Marginal Value Product (p. 475)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap7b.asp#3._Source_Factor_Incomes) The Source of Factor Incomes (p. 478)
4. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap7b.asp#4._Land_Capital_Goods) Land and Capital Goods (p. 479)
5. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap7c.asp) Capitalization and Rent (p. 488)
6. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap7c.asp#6._Depletion_Natural_Resources) The Depletion of Natural Resources (p. 496)
Appendix A: (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap7c.asp#7ApxA._Marginal_Physical) Marginal Physical and Marginal Value Product (p. 500)
Appendix B: (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap7c.asp#7ApxB._Professor_Rolph) Professor Rolph and the Marginal Productivity Theory (p. 504)
CHAPTER 8-PRODUCTION: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND CHANGE (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap8a.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap8a.asp) Entrepreneurial Profit and Loss (p. 509)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap8a.asp#2._Effect_Net_Investment) The Effect of Net Investment (p. 517)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap8a.asp#3._Capital_Values_) Capital Values and Aggregate Profits in a Changing Economy (p. 527)
4. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap8b.asp) Capital Accumulation and the Length of the
Structure of Production (p. 537)
5. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap8b.asp#5._Adoption_New_Technique) The Adoption of a New Technique (p. 544)
A. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap8b.asp#5A._Entrepreneur_Innovation)The Entrepreneur and Innovation (p. 546)
6. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap8b.asp#6._Beneficiaries_Saving_Investment) The Beneficiaries of Saving-Investment (p. 547)
7. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap8b.asp#7._Progressing_Economy) The Progressing Economy and the Pure Rate of Interest (p. 549)
8. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap8b.asp#8._Entrepreneurial_Component) The Entrepreneurial Component in the Market Interest Rate (p. 550)
9. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap8b.asp#9._Risk_Uncertainty_Insurance) Risk, Uncertainty, and Insurance (p. 552)
CHAPTER 9-PRODUCTION: PARTICULAR FACTOR PRICES AND PRODUCTIVE INCOMES (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9a.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9a.asp) Introduction (p. 557)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9a.asp#2._Land_Labor_Rent) Land, Labor, and Rent (p. 557)
A. Rent (p. 557)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9a.asp#2B._Nature_of_Labor) The Nature of Labor (p. 564)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9a.asp#2C._Supply_of_Land) Supply of Land (p. 566)
D. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9a.asp#2D._Supply_of_Labor) Supply of Labor (p. 572)
E. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9b.asp) Productivity and Marginal Productivity (p. 578)
F. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9b.asp#2F._A_Note_on_Overt) A Note on Overt and Total Wage Rates (p. 580)
G. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9b.asp#2G._Problem_of_Unemployment) The "Problem" of Unemployment (p. 581)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9b.asp#3._Entrepreneurship_and_Income) Entrepreneurship and Income (p. 588)
A. Costs to the Firm (p. 588)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9c.asp) Business Income (p. 601)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9c.asp#3C._Personal_Consumer_Service) Personal Consumer Service (p. 605)
D. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9c.asp#3D._Market_Calculation) Market Calculation and Implicit Earnings (p. 606)
E. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9c.asp#3E._Vertical_Integration) Vertical Integration and the Size of the Firm (p. 609)
4. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9d.asp) The Economics of Location and Spatial Relations (p. 617)
5. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9d.asp#5._Fallacy_of_Distribution) A Note on the Fallacy of "Distribution" (p. 622)
6. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9d.asp#6._Summary_of_the_Market) A Summary of the Market (p. 624)
CHAPTER 10-MONOPOLY AND COMPETITION (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10a.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10a.asp) The Concept of Consumers' Sovereignty (p. 629)
A. Consumers' Sovereignty versus Individual Sovereignty (p. 629)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10a.asp#1B._Professor_Hutt) Professor Hutt and Consumers' Sovereignty (p. 631)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10a.asp#2._Cartels_Consequences) Cartels and Their Consequences (p. 636)
A. Cartels and "Monopoly Price" (p. 636)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10a.asp#2B._Cartels_Mergers_Corporations) Cartels, Mergers, and Corporations (p. 643)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10a.asp#2C._Economics_Technology_Size) Economics, Technology, and the Size of the Firm (p. 645)
D. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10b.asp) The Instability of the Cartel (p. 651)
E. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10b.asp#2E._Free_Competition_Cartels) Free Competition and Cartels (p. 653)
F. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10b.asp#2F._One_Big_Cartel) The Problem of One Big Cartel (p. 659)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10b.asp#3._Illusion_Monopoly_Price) The Illusion of Monopoly Price (p. 661)
A. Definitions of Monopoly (p. 661)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10b.asp#_ftnref24) The Neoclassical Theory of Monopoly Price (p. 672)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10c.asp) Consequences of Monopoly-Price Theory (p. 675)
(1) The Competitive Environment (p. 675)
(2) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10c.asp#3C2._Monopoly_Profit_Vs) Monopoly Profit versus Monopoly Gain to a Factor (p. 677)
(3) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10c.asp#3C3._World_Monopoly_Prices) A World of Monopoly Prices? (p. 680)
(4) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10c.asp#3C4._Cutthroat_Competition) "Cutthroat" Competition (p. 681)
D. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10c.asp#3D._Illusion_Unhampered_Market) The Illusion of Monopoly Price on the Unhampered Market (p. 687)
E. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10d.asp) Some Problems in the Theory of the Illusion
of Monopoly Price (p. 698)
(1) Location Monopoly (p. 698)
(2) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10d.asp#3E2._Natural_Monopoly) Natural Monopoly (p. 702)
4. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10d.asp#4._Labor_Unions) Labor Unions (p. 704)
A. Restrictionist Pricing of Labor (p. 704)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10d.asp#4B._Some_Arguments) Some Arguments for Unions: A Critique (p. 716)
(1) Indeterminacy (p. 716)
(2) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10d.asp#4B2._Monopsony_Oligopsony) Monopsony and Oligopsony (p. 717)
(3) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10d.asp#4B3._Greater_Efficiency) Greater Efficiency and the "Ricardo Effect" (p. 718)
5. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10d.asp#5._Theory_Monopolistic_Competition) The Theory of Monopolistic or Imperfect Competition (p. 720)
A. Monopolistic Competitive Price (p. 720)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10e.asp) The Paradox of Excess Capacity (p. 726)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10e.asp#5C._Chamberlin_Selling_Cost) Chamberlin and Selling Cost (p. 736)
6. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10e.asp#6._Multiform_Prices_Monopoly) Multiform Prices and Monopoly (p. 739)
7. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10e.asp#7._Patents_Copyrights) Patents and Copyrights (p. 745)
CHAPTER 11-MONEY AND ITS PURCHASING POWER (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11a.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11a.asp) Introduction (p. 755)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11a.asp#2._Money_Relation) The Money Relation: The Demand for and the
Supply of Money (p. 756)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11a.asp#3._Changes_Money_Relation) Changes in the Money Relation (p. 762)
4. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11a.asp#4._Utility_Stock_Money) Utility of the Stock of Money (p. 764)
5. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11a.asp#5._Demand_for_Money) The Demand for Money (p. 767)
A. Money in the ERE and in the Market (p. 767)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11a.asp#5B._Speculative_Demand) Speculative Demand (p. 768)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11a.asp#5C._Secular_Influences) Secular Influences on the Demand for Money (p. 771)
D. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11a.asp#5D._Demand_Money_Unlimited) Demand for Money Unlimited? (p. 772)
E. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11a.asp#5E._PPM_Rate_of_Interest) The PPM and the Rate of Interest (p. 773)
F. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11b.asp) Hoarding and the Keynesian System (p. 776)
(1) Social Income, Expenditures, and Unemployment (p. 776)
(2) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11b.asp#5F2._Liquidity_Preference) "Liquidity Preference" (p. 785)
G. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11b.asp#5G._Purchasing_Power_Terms_of_Trade) The Purchasing-Power and Terms-of-Trade Components in the
Rate of Interest (p. 792)
6. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11c.asp) The Supply of Money (p. 798)
A. The Stock of the Money Commodity (p. 798)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11c.asp#6B._Claims_to_Money) Claims to Money: The Money Warehouse (p. 800)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11c.asp#6C._Money_Substitutes) Money-Substitutes and the Supply of Money (p. 805)
D. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11c.asp#6D._Note_on_Some_Criticisms) A Note on Some Criticisms of 100-Percent Reserve (p. 810)
7. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11c.asp#7._Gains_and_Losses) Gains and Losses During a Change in the Money Relation (p. 811)
8. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11c.asp#8._Goods_Side_Money_Side) The Determination of Prices: The Goods Side and
the Money Side (p. 815)
9. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11c.asp#9._Interlocal_Exchange) Interlocal Exchange (p. 818)
A. Uniformity of the Geographic Purchasing Power of Money (p. 818)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11c.asp#9B._Clearing_Interlocal_Exchange) Clearing in Interlocal Exchange (p. 821)
10. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11c.asp#10._Balances_of_Payments) Balances of Payments (p. 822)
11. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11d.asp) Monetary Attributes of Goods (p. 826)
A. Quasi Money (p. 826)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11d.asp#11B._Bills_of_Exchange) Bills of Exchange (p. 827)
12. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11d.asp#12._Coexisting_Moneys) Exchange Rates of Coexisting Moneys (p. 828)
13. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11d.asp#13._Fallacy_Equation_of_Exchange) The Fallacy of the Equation of Exchange (p. 831)
14. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11d.asp#14._Fallacy_Measuring_PPM) The Fallacy of Measuring and Stabilizing the PPM (p. 843)
A. Measurement (p. 843)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11d.asp#14B._Stabilization) Stabilization (p. 847)
15. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11e.asp) Business Fluctuations (p. 851)
16. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11e.asp#16._Schumpeter_Theory) Schumpeter's Theory of Business Cycles (p. 854)
17. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11e.asp#17._Further_Fallacies) Further Fallacies of the Keynesian System (p. 859
A. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11e.asp#17A._Interest_Investment) Interest and Investment (p. 859)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11e.asp#17B._Consumption_Function) The "Consumption Function" (p. 860)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11e.asp#17C._The_Multiplier) The Multiplier (p. 866)
18. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11e.asp#18._Fallacy_Acceleration_Principle) The Fallacy of the Acceleration Principle (p. 868)
CHAPTER 12-THE ECONOMICS OF VIOLENT INTERVENTION IN THE MARKET (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12a.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12a.asp) Introduction (p. 875)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12a.asp#2._Typology_of_Intervention) A Typology of Intervention (p. 877)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12a.asp#3._Direct_Effects_Utility) Direct Effects of Intervention on Utility (p. 878)
4. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12a.asp#4._Ultility_Ex_Post) Utility Ex Post: Free Market and Government (p. 885)
5. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12a.asp#5._TI_Price_Control) Triangular Intervention: Price Control (p. 892)
6. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12b.asp) Triangular Intervention: Product Control (p. 900)
7. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12b.asp#7._BI_Government_Budget) Binary Intervention: The Government Budget (p. 907)
8. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12b.asp#8._BI_Taxation) Binary Intervention: Taxation (p. 914)
A. Income Taxation (p. 914)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12c.asp) Attempts at Neutral Taxation (p. 919)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12c.asp#8C._SI_Tax_on_Industry) Shifting and Incidence: A Tax on an Industry (p. 927)
D. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12c.asp#8D._SI_General_Sales_Tax) Shifting and Incidence: A General Sales Tax (p. 930)
E. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12c.asp#8E._Tax_Land_Values) A Tax on Land Values (p. 934)
F. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12c.asp#8F._Taxing_Excess_PP) Taxing "Excess Purchasing Power" (p. 937)
9. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12c.asp#_ftnref14) Binary Intervention: Government Expenditures (p. 938)
A. The "Productive Contribution" of Government Spending (p. 938)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12d.asp) Subsidies and Transfer Payments (p. 942)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12d.asp#9C._Resource_Using_Activities) Resource-Using Activities (p. 944)
D. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12d.asp#9D._Fallacy_Government_Business_Basis) The Fallacy of Government on a "Business Basis" (p. 946)
E. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12d.asp#9E._Calculational_Chaos) Centers of Calculational Chaos (p. 952)
F. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12d.asp#9F._Conflict_Command_Posts) Conflict and the Command Posts (p. 953)
G. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12d.asp#9G._Fallacies_Public_Ownership) The Fallacies of "Public" Ownership (p. 955)
H. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12d.asp#9H._Social_Security) Social Security (p. 957)
I. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12d.asp#9I._Socialism_Central_Planning) Socialism and Central Planning (p. 958)
10. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12e.asp) Growth, Affluence, and Government (p. 962)
A. The Problem of Growth (p. 962)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12e.asp#10B._Professor_Galbraith) Professor Galbraith and the Sin of Affluence (p. 973)
11. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12f.asp) Binary Intervention: Inflation and Business Cycles (p. 989)
A. Inflation and Credit Expansion (p. 989)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12f.asp#11B._Credit_Expansion_Business_Cycle) Credit Expansion and the Business Cycle (p. 994)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12f.asp#11C._Secondary_Developments) Secondary Developments of the Business Cycle (p. 1004)
D. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12f.asp#11D._Limits_Credit_Expansion) The Limits of Credit Expansion (p. 1008)
E. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12g.asp) The Government as Promoter of Credit Expansion (p. 1014)
F. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12g.asp#11F._The_Ultimate_Limit) The Ultimate Limit: The Runaway Boom (p. 1018)
G. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12g.asp#11G._Inflation_Compensatory_Fiscal_Pol icy) Inflation and Compensatory Fiscal Policy (p. 1021)
12. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12g.asp#12._Conclusion) Conclusion: The Free Market and Coercion (p. 1024)
Appendix A: (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12g.asp#ApxA._Government_Borrowing) Government Borrowing (p. 1025)
Appendix B: (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12g.asp#ApxB._Collective_Goods) "Collective Goods" and "External Benefits":
Two Arguments for Government Activity (p. 1029)
Power and Market
CHAPTER 1-DEFENSE SERVICES ON THE FREE MARKET (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap13.asp) (p. 1047)
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CHAPTER 2-FUNDAMENTALS OF INTERVENTION (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap14.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap14.asp) Types of Intervention (p. 1057)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap14.asp#2._Direct_Effects_Utility) Direct Effects of Intervention on Utility (p. 1061)
A. Intervention and Conflict (p. 1061)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap14.asp#2B._Democracy_Voluntary) Democracy and the Voluntary (p. 1065)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap14.asp#2C._Utility_Resistance_Invasion) Utility and Resistance to Invasion (p. 1067)
D. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap14.asp#2D._Argument_from_Envy) The Argument from Envy (p. 1068)
E. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap14.asp#2E._Utility_ExPost_) Utility Ex Post (p. 1069)
CHAPTER 3-TRIANGULAR INTERVENTION (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15a.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15a.asp) Price Control (p. 1075)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15a.asp#2._Product_Control_Prohibition) Product Control: Prohibition (p. 1086)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15a.asp#3._Product_Control_Monopolistic) Product Control: Grant of Monopolistic Privilege (p. 1089)
A. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15a.asp#3A._Compulsory_Cartels) Compulsory Cartels (p. 1094)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15a.asp#3B._Licenses) Licenses (p. 1094)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15b.asp) Standards of Quality and Safety (p. 1096)
D. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15b.asp#3D._Tariffs) Tariffs (p. 1101)
E. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15b.asp#3E._Immigration_Restrictions) Immigration Restrictions (p. 1107)
F. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15b.asp#3F._Child_Labor_Laws) Child Labor Laws (p. 1111)
G. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15b.asp#3G._Conscription) Conscription (p. 1113)
H. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15b.asp#3H._Minimum_Wage) Minimum Wage Laws and Compulsory Unionism (p. 1114)
I. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15b.asp#3I._Subsidies_Unemployment) Subsidies to Unemployment (p. 1115)
J. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15b.asp#3J._Penalties_Market_Forms) Penalties on Market Forms (p. 1115)
K. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15c.asp) Antitrust Laws (p. 1117)
L. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15c.asp#3L._Outlawing_Basing_Point) Outlawing Basing-Point Pricing (p. 1121)
M. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15c.asp#3M._Conservation_Laws) Conservation Laws (p. 1122)
N. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15d.asp) Patents (p. 1133)
O. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15d.asp#3O._Franchises_Public_Utilities) Franchises and "Public Utilities" (p. 1138)
P. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15d.asp#3P._Right_Eminent_Domain) The Right of Eminent Domain (p. 1139)
Q. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15d.asp#3Q._Bribery_Government_Officials) Bribery of Government Officials (p. 1141)
R. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15d.asp#3R._Policy_Toward_Monopoly) Policy Toward Monopoly (p. 1143)
Appendix A: (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15d.asp#ApxA._Private_Coinage) On Private Coinage (p. 1144)
Appendix B: (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15d.asp#ApxB._Coercion_Lebensraum) Coercion and Lebensraum (p. 1146)
CHAPTER 4-BINARY INTERVENTION: TAXATION (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16a.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16a.asp) Introduction: Government Revenues and Expenditures (p. 1149)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16a.asp#2._Burdens_and_Benefits) The Burdens and Benefits of Taxation and Expenditures (p. 1151)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16a.asp#3._Incidence_and_Effects) The Incidence and Effects of Taxation (p. 1156)
Part I: Taxes on Incomes (p. 1156)
A. The General Sales Tax and the Laws of Incidence (p. 1156)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16a.asp#3B._Partial_Excise_Taxes) Partial Excise Taxes; Other Production Taxes (p. 1162)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16a.asp#3C._General_Effects_Income_Taxation) General Effects of Income Taxation (p. 1164)
D. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16a.asp#3D._Particular_Forms) Particular Forms of Income Taxation (p. 1171)
(1) Taxes on Wages (p. 1171)
(2) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16a.asp#3D2._Corporate_Income_Taxation) Corporate Income Taxation (p. 1171)
(3) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16a.asp#3D3._Excess_Profit_Taxation) "Excess" Profit Taxation (p. 1173)
(4) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16b.asp) The Capital Gains Problem (p. 1174)
(5) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16b.asp#3D5._Tax_Consumption_Possible) Is a Tax on Consumption Possible? (p. 1180)
4. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16b.asp#4._IE_Taxation) The Incidence and Effects of Taxation (p. 1183)
Part II: Taxation on Accumulated Capital (p. 1183)
A. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16b.asp#4A._Gratuitous_Transfers) Taxation on Gratuitous Transfers: Bequests and Gifts (p. 1185)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16b.asp#4B._Property_Taxation) Property Taxation (p. 1185)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16b.asp#4C._Individual_Wealth) A Tax on Individual Wealth (p. 1190)
5. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16b.asp#5._I_and_E_Taxation) The Incidence and Effects of Taxation (p. 1191)
Part III: The Progressive Tax (p. 1191)
6. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16c.asp) The Incidence and Effects of Taxation (p. 1196)
Part IV: The "Single Tax" on Ground Rent (p. 1196)
7. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16c.asp#7._Canons_Justice) Canons of "Justice" in Taxation (p. 1214)
A. The Just Tax and the Just Price (p. 1214)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16d.asp) Costs of Collection, Convenience, and Certainty (p. 1216)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16d.asp#7C._Distribution_Tax_Burden) Distribution of the Tax Burden (p. 1218)
(1) Uniformity of Treatment (p. 1218)
a. Equality Before the Law: Tax Exemption (p. 1218)
b. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16d.asp#7C1b._Impossibility_Uniformity) The Impossibility of Uniformity (p. 1221)
(2) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16d.asp#7C2._Ability_to_Pay) The "Ability-to-Pay" Principle (p. 1224)
a. The Ambiguity of the Concept (p. 1224)
b. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16d.asp#7C2b._Justice_Standard) The Justice of the Standard (p. 1227)
(3) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16d.asp#7C3._Sacrifice_Theory) Sacrifice Theory (p. 1231)
(4) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16e.asp) The Benefit Principle (p. 1236)
(5) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16e.asp#7C5._Equal_Tax) The Equal Tax and the Cost Principle (p. 1240)
(6) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16e.asp#7C6._For_Revenue_Only) Taxation "For Revenue Only" (p. 1244)
(7) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16e.asp#7C7._Neutral_Tax) The Neutral Tax: A Summary (p. 1244)
D. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16e.asp#7D._Voluntary_Contributions) Voluntary Contributions to Government (p. 1245)
CHAPTER 5-BINARY INTERVENTION: GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap17a.asp) (p. 1253)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap17a.asp#1._Government_Subsidies) Government Subsidies: Transfer Payments (p. 1254)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap17a.asp#2._Resource_Using_Activities) Resource-Using Activities: Government Ownership versus Private Ownership (p. 1259)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap17b.asp) Resource-Using Activities: Socialism (p. 1272)
4. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap17b.asp#4._Myth_Public_Ownership) The Myth of "Public" Ownership (p. 1276)
5. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap17b.asp#5._Democracy) Democracy (p. 1279)
Appendix: (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap17b.asp#_ftnref14) The Role of Government Expenditures in National Product Statistics (p. 1292)
CHAPTER 6-ANTIMARKET ETHICS: A PRAXEOLOGICAL CRITIQUE (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18a.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18a.asp) Introduction: Praxeological Criticism of Ethics (p. 1297)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18a.asp#2._Knowledge_Self_Interest) Knowledge of Self-Interest: An Alleged Critical Assumption (p. 1300)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18a.asp#3._Immoral_Choices) The Problem of Immoral Choices (p. 1303)
4. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18a.asp#4._Morality_Human_Nature) The Morality of Human Nature (p. 1306)
5. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18a.asp#5._Impossibility_Equality) The Impossibility of Equality (p. 1308)
6. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18a.asp#6._Problem_Security) The Problem of Security (p. 1313)
7. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18a.asp#7._Alleged_Joys) Alleged Joys of the Society of Status (p. 1315)
8. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18a.asp#8._Charity_Poverty) Charity and Poverty (p. 1318)
9. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18a.asp#9._Selfish_Materialism) The Charge of "Selfish Materialism" (p. 1321)
10. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18b.asp) Back to the Jungle? (p. 1324)
11. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18b.asp#11._Power_Coercion) Power and Coercion (p. 1326)
A. "Other Forms of Coercion": Economic Power (p. 1326)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18b.asp#11B._Power_Over_Nature) Power Over Nature and Power Over Man (p. 1329)
12. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18b.asp#12._Problem_of_Luck) The Problem of Luck (p. 1333)
13. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18b.asp#13._Traffic_Manager_Analogy) The Traffic-Manager Analogy (p. 1334)
14. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18b.asp#14._Over_Underdevelopment) Over- and Underdevelopment (p. 1334)
15. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18b.asp#15._State_Nature_Man) The State and the Nature of Man (p. 1335)
16. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18b.asp#_ftnref9) Human Rights and Property Rights (p. 1337)
Appendix: (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18b.asp#Apx._Professor_Oliver) Professor Oliver on Socioeconomic Goals (p. 1340)
A. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18b.asp#A._Attack_Natural_Liberty) The Attack on Natural Liberty (p. 1341)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18b.asp#B._Attack_Freedom_Contract) The Attack on Freedom of Contract (p. 1344)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18b.asp#C._Income_According_Earnings) The Attack on Income According to Earnings (p. 1347)
CHAPTER 7-CONCLUSION: ECONOMICS AND PUBLIC POLICY (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap19.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap19.asp) Economics: Its Nature and Its Uses (p. 1357)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap19.asp#2._Implicit_Moralizing) Implicit Moralizing: The Failures of Welfare Economics (p. 1360)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap19.asp#3._Economics_Social_Ethics) Economics and Social Ethics (p. 1363)
4. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap19.asp#4._Market_Principle) The Market Principle and the Hegemonic Principle (p. 1365)
Bibliography (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/biblioa.asp) (p. 1371)
Index of Names (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/images/tttwenty-five.PDF) (p. 1395)
Index of Subjects (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/images/tttwenty-five.PDF) (p. 1407)
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Introduction to the Scholar's Edition by Joseph Stromberg (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/introduction.asp) (p. xix)
Preface to Revised Edition (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/preface.asp) (p. lxxxix)
CHAPTER 1-FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN ACTION (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap1a.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap1a.asp#1._The_Concept_of_Action_) The Concept of Action (p. 1)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap1a.asp#2._First_Implications_) First Implications of the Concept (p. 2)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap1a.asp#3._Further_Implications) Further Implications: The Means (p. 8)
4. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap1b.asp#4._Further_Implications:_Time) Further Implications: Time (p. 13)
5. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap1b.asp#5._Further_Implications) Further Implications (p. 17)
A. Ends and Values (p. 17)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap1b.asp#B._THE_LAW) The Law of Marginal Utility (p. 21)
6. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap1c.asp#6._Factors_of_Production:_The_Law_of_) Factors of Production: The Law of Returns (p. 33)
7. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap1c.asp#7._Factors) Factors of Production: Convertibility and Valuation (p. 38)
8. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap1c.asp#8._Factors) Factors of Production: Labor versus Leisure (p. 42)
9. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap1c.asp#9._The_Formation) The Formation of Capital (p. 47)
10. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap1d.asp#10._Action) Action as an Exchange (p. 70)
Appendix A: (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap1d.asp#APPENDIX_A) Praxeology and Economics (p. 72)
Appendix B: (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap1d.asp#APPENDIX_B) On Means and Ends (p. 76)
CHAPTER 2-DIRECT EXCHANGE (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap2a.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap2a.asp) Types of Interpersonal Action: Violence (p. 79)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap2a.asp#_ftnref7) Types of Interpersonal Action:
Voluntary Exchange and the Contractual Society (p. 84)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap2a.asp#3._Exchange_andthe_Division) Exchange and the Division of Labor (p. 95)
4. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap2b.asp) Terms of Exchange (p. 103)
5. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap2b.asp#_ftnref2) Determination of Price: Equilibrium Price (p. 106)
6. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap2b.asp#_ftnref6) Elasticity of Demand (p. 126)
7. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap2c.asp) Speculation and Supply and Demand Schedules (p. 130)
8. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap2c.asp#8._Stock_andthe_Total) Stock and the Total Demand to Hold (p. 137)
9. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap2c.asp#9._Continuing_Markets) Continuing Markets and Changes in Price (p. 142)
10. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap2c.asp#10._Specialization_and_Production) Specialization and Production of Stock (p. 153)
11. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap2d.asp) Types of Exchangeable Goods (p. 162)
12. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap2d.asp#12._Property_the_Appropriation) Property: The Appropriation of Raw Land (p. 169)
13. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap2d.asp#13._Enforcement_Against_Invasion) Enforcement Against Invasion of Property (p. 176)
CHAPTER 3-THE PATTERN OF INDIRECT EXCHANGE (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap3a.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap3a.asp) The Limitations of Direct Exchange (p. 187)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap3a.asp#2._Emergence_of_Indirect) The Emergence of Indirect Exchange (p. 189)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap3a.asp#3._Some_Implications) Some Implications of the Emergence of Money (p. 193)
4. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap3a.asp#4._The_Monetary_Unit) The Monetary Unit (p. 196)
5. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap3a.asp#5._Money_Income) Money Income and Money Expenditures (p. 198)
6. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap3b.asp) Producers' Expenditures (p. 206)
7. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap3b.asp#7._Maximizing_Income) Maximizing Income and Allocating Resources (p. 213)
CHAPTER 4-PRICES AND CONSUMPTION (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap4a.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap4a.asp) Money Prices (p. 233)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap4a.asp#2._Determination_Money_Prices) Determination of Money Prices (p. 238)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap4a.asp#3._Determination_Supply_Demand) Determination of Supply and Demand Schedules (p. 249)
4. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap4a.asp#4._Gains_of_Exchange) The Gains of Exchange (p. 257)
5. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap4b.asp) The Marginal Utility of Money (p. 261)
A. The Consumer (p. 261)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap4b.asp#5B._Money_Regression) The Money Regression (p. 268)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap4b.asp#5C._Utility_and_Costs) Utility and Costs (p. 276)
D. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap4b.asp#5D._Planning_Range_of_Choice) Planning and the Range of Choice (p. 279)
6. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap4c.asp) Interrelations among the Prices of Consumers' Goods (p. 280)
7. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap4c.asp#7._Prices_Durable_Goods) The Prices of Durable Goods and Their Services (p. 288)
8. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap4c.asp#8._Welfare_Comparisons) Welfare Comparisons and the Ultimate Satisfactions of the Consumer (p. 298)
9. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap4d.asp) Some Fallacies Relating to Utility (p. 302)
Appendix A: (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap4d.asp#ApxA._Diminishing_Marginal_Utility) The Diminishing Marginal Utility of Money (p. 311)
Appendix B: (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap4d.asp#ApxB._On_Value) On Value (p. 316)
CHAPTER 5-PRODUCTION: THE STRUCTURE (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap5a.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap5a.asp) Some Fundamental Principles of Action (p. 319)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap5a.asp#2._Evenly_Rotating_Economy) The Evenly Rotating Economy (p. 320)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap5a.asp#3._Structure_of_Production) The Structure of Production: A World of Specific Factors (p. 329)
4. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap5a.asp#4._Joint_Ownership) Joint Ownership of the Product by the Owners of the Factors (p. 333)
5. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap5a.asp#5._Cost) Cost (p. 340)
6. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap5b.asp) Ownership of the Product by Capitalists: Amalgamated Stages (p. 345)
7. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap5b.asp#7._Present_and_Future_Goods) Present and Future Goods: The Pure Rate of Interest (p. 348)
8. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap5b.asp#8._Money_Costs_Prices) Money Costs, Prices, and Alfred Marshall (p. 353)
9. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap5b.asp#9._Pricing_Theory_Bargaining) Pricing and the Theory of Bargaining (p. 362)
CHAPTER 6-PRODUCTION: THE RATE OF INTEREST AND ITS DETERMINATION (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap6a.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap6a.asp) Many Stages: The Pure Rate of Interest (p. 367)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap6a.asp#_ftnref7) The Determination of the Pure Rate of Interest:
The Time Market (p. 375)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap6a.asp#3._Individual_Value_Scales) Time Preference and Individual Value Scales (p. 379)
4. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap6bb.asp) The Time Market and the Production Structure (p. 390)
5. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap6c.asp) Time Preference, Capitalists, and Individual Money Stock (p. 410)
6. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap6c.asp#6._Post_Income_Demanders) The Post-Income Demanders (p. 416)
7. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap6c.asp#7._Myth_Importance) The Myth of the Importance of the Producers' Loan Market (p. 420)
8. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap6c.asp#8._Joint_Stock_Company) The Joint-Stock Company (p. 426)
9. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap6d.asp) Joint-Stock Companies and the Producers' Loan Market (p. 435)
10. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap6d.asp#10._Forces_Affecting_Time_Preferences) Forces Affecting Time Preferences (p. 443)
11. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap6d.asp#11._Time_Structure_Interest_Rates) The Time Structure of Interest Rates (p. 445)
Appendix: (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap6d.asp#6Apx_Schumpeter) Schumpeter and the Zero Rate of Interest (p. 450)
CHAPTER 7-PRODUCTION: GENERAL PRICING OF THE FACTORS (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap7a.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap7a.asp) Imputation of the Discounted Marginal Value Product (p. 453)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap7b.asp) Determination of the Discounted Marginal Value Product (p. 465)
A. Discounting (p. 465)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap7b.asp#2B._Marginal_Physical_Product) The Marginal Physical Product (p. 466)
(1) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap7b.asp#2B1._Law_of_Returns) The Law of Returns (p. 468)
(2) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap7b.asp#2B2._MPP_and_APP) Marginal Physical Product and Average Physical Product (p. 468)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap7b.asp#2C._Marginal_Value_Product) Marginal Value Product (p. 475)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap7b.asp#3._Source_Factor_Incomes) The Source of Factor Incomes (p. 478)
4. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap7b.asp#4._Land_Capital_Goods) Land and Capital Goods (p. 479)
5. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap7c.asp) Capitalization and Rent (p. 488)
6. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap7c.asp#6._Depletion_Natural_Resources) The Depletion of Natural Resources (p. 496)
Appendix A: (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap7c.asp#7ApxA._Marginal_Physical) Marginal Physical and Marginal Value Product (p. 500)
Appendix B: (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap7c.asp#7ApxB._Professor_Rolph) Professor Rolph and the Marginal Productivity Theory (p. 504)
CHAPTER 8-PRODUCTION: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND CHANGE (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap8a.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap8a.asp) Entrepreneurial Profit and Loss (p. 509)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap8a.asp#2._Effect_Net_Investment) The Effect of Net Investment (p. 517)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap8a.asp#3._Capital_Values_) Capital Values and Aggregate Profits in a Changing Economy (p. 527)
4. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap8b.asp) Capital Accumulation and the Length of the
Structure of Production (p. 537)
5. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap8b.asp#5._Adoption_New_Technique) The Adoption of a New Technique (p. 544)
A. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap8b.asp#5A._Entrepreneur_Innovation)The Entrepreneur and Innovation (p. 546)
6. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap8b.asp#6._Beneficiaries_Saving_Investment) The Beneficiaries of Saving-Investment (p. 547)
7. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap8b.asp#7._Progressing_Economy) The Progressing Economy and the Pure Rate of Interest (p. 549)
8. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap8b.asp#8._Entrepreneurial_Component) The Entrepreneurial Component in the Market Interest Rate (p. 550)
9. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap8b.asp#9._Risk_Uncertainty_Insurance) Risk, Uncertainty, and Insurance (p. 552)
CHAPTER 9-PRODUCTION: PARTICULAR FACTOR PRICES AND PRODUCTIVE INCOMES (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9a.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9a.asp) Introduction (p. 557)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9a.asp#2._Land_Labor_Rent) Land, Labor, and Rent (p. 557)
A. Rent (p. 557)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9a.asp#2B._Nature_of_Labor) The Nature of Labor (p. 564)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9a.asp#2C._Supply_of_Land) Supply of Land (p. 566)
D. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9a.asp#2D._Supply_of_Labor) Supply of Labor (p. 572)
E. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9b.asp) Productivity and Marginal Productivity (p. 578)
F. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9b.asp#2F._A_Note_on_Overt) A Note on Overt and Total Wage Rates (p. 580)
G. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9b.asp#2G._Problem_of_Unemployment) The "Problem" of Unemployment (p. 581)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9b.asp#3._Entrepreneurship_and_Income) Entrepreneurship and Income (p. 588)
A. Costs to the Firm (p. 588)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9c.asp) Business Income (p. 601)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9c.asp#3C._Personal_Consumer_Service) Personal Consumer Service (p. 605)
D. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9c.asp#3D._Market_Calculation) Market Calculation and Implicit Earnings (p. 606)
E. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9c.asp#3E._Vertical_Integration) Vertical Integration and the Size of the Firm (p. 609)
4. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9d.asp) The Economics of Location and Spatial Relations (p. 617)
5. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9d.asp#5._Fallacy_of_Distribution) A Note on the Fallacy of "Distribution" (p. 622)
6. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap9d.asp#6._Summary_of_the_Market) A Summary of the Market (p. 624)
CHAPTER 10-MONOPOLY AND COMPETITION (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10a.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10a.asp) The Concept of Consumers' Sovereignty (p. 629)
A. Consumers' Sovereignty versus Individual Sovereignty (p. 629)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10a.asp#1B._Professor_Hutt) Professor Hutt and Consumers' Sovereignty (p. 631)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10a.asp#2._Cartels_Consequences) Cartels and Their Consequences (p. 636)
A. Cartels and "Monopoly Price" (p. 636)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10a.asp#2B._Cartels_Mergers_Corporations) Cartels, Mergers, and Corporations (p. 643)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10a.asp#2C._Economics_Technology_Size) Economics, Technology, and the Size of the Firm (p. 645)
D. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10b.asp) The Instability of the Cartel (p. 651)
E. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10b.asp#2E._Free_Competition_Cartels) Free Competition and Cartels (p. 653)
F. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10b.asp#2F._One_Big_Cartel) The Problem of One Big Cartel (p. 659)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10b.asp#3._Illusion_Monopoly_Price) The Illusion of Monopoly Price (p. 661)
A. Definitions of Monopoly (p. 661)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10b.asp#_ftnref24) The Neoclassical Theory of Monopoly Price (p. 672)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10c.asp) Consequences of Monopoly-Price Theory (p. 675)
(1) The Competitive Environment (p. 675)
(2) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10c.asp#3C2._Monopoly_Profit_Vs) Monopoly Profit versus Monopoly Gain to a Factor (p. 677)
(3) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10c.asp#3C3._World_Monopoly_Prices) A World of Monopoly Prices? (p. 680)
(4) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10c.asp#3C4._Cutthroat_Competition) "Cutthroat" Competition (p. 681)
D. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10c.asp#3D._Illusion_Unhampered_Market) The Illusion of Monopoly Price on the Unhampered Market (p. 687)
E. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10d.asp) Some Problems in the Theory of the Illusion
of Monopoly Price (p. 698)
(1) Location Monopoly (p. 698)
(2) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10d.asp#3E2._Natural_Monopoly) Natural Monopoly (p. 702)
4. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10d.asp#4._Labor_Unions) Labor Unions (p. 704)
A. Restrictionist Pricing of Labor (p. 704)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10d.asp#4B._Some_Arguments) Some Arguments for Unions: A Critique (p. 716)
(1) Indeterminacy (p. 716)
(2) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10d.asp#4B2._Monopsony_Oligopsony) Monopsony and Oligopsony (p. 717)
(3) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10d.asp#4B3._Greater_Efficiency) Greater Efficiency and the "Ricardo Effect" (p. 718)
5. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10d.asp#5._Theory_Monopolistic_Competition) The Theory of Monopolistic or Imperfect Competition (p. 720)
A. Monopolistic Competitive Price (p. 720)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10e.asp) The Paradox of Excess Capacity (p. 726)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10e.asp#5C._Chamberlin_Selling_Cost) Chamberlin and Selling Cost (p. 736)
6. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10e.asp#6._Multiform_Prices_Monopoly) Multiform Prices and Monopoly (p. 739)
7. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap10e.asp#7._Patents_Copyrights) Patents and Copyrights (p. 745)
CHAPTER 11-MONEY AND ITS PURCHASING POWER (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11a.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11a.asp) Introduction (p. 755)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11a.asp#2._Money_Relation) The Money Relation: The Demand for and the
Supply of Money (p. 756)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11a.asp#3._Changes_Money_Relation) Changes in the Money Relation (p. 762)
4. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11a.asp#4._Utility_Stock_Money) Utility of the Stock of Money (p. 764)
5. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11a.asp#5._Demand_for_Money) The Demand for Money (p. 767)
A. Money in the ERE and in the Market (p. 767)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11a.asp#5B._Speculative_Demand) Speculative Demand (p. 768)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11a.asp#5C._Secular_Influences) Secular Influences on the Demand for Money (p. 771)
D. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11a.asp#5D._Demand_Money_Unlimited) Demand for Money Unlimited? (p. 772)
E. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11a.asp#5E._PPM_Rate_of_Interest) The PPM and the Rate of Interest (p. 773)
F. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11b.asp) Hoarding and the Keynesian System (p. 776)
(1) Social Income, Expenditures, and Unemployment (p. 776)
(2) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11b.asp#5F2._Liquidity_Preference) "Liquidity Preference" (p. 785)
G. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11b.asp#5G._Purchasing_Power_Terms_of_Trade) The Purchasing-Power and Terms-of-Trade Components in the
Rate of Interest (p. 792)
6. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11c.asp) The Supply of Money (p. 798)
A. The Stock of the Money Commodity (p. 798)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11c.asp#6B._Claims_to_Money) Claims to Money: The Money Warehouse (p. 800)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11c.asp#6C._Money_Substitutes) Money-Substitutes and the Supply of Money (p. 805)
D. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11c.asp#6D._Note_on_Some_Criticisms) A Note on Some Criticisms of 100-Percent Reserve (p. 810)
7. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11c.asp#7._Gains_and_Losses) Gains and Losses During a Change in the Money Relation (p. 811)
8. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11c.asp#8._Goods_Side_Money_Side) The Determination of Prices: The Goods Side and
the Money Side (p. 815)
9. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11c.asp#9._Interlocal_Exchange) Interlocal Exchange (p. 818)
A. Uniformity of the Geographic Purchasing Power of Money (p. 818)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11c.asp#9B._Clearing_Interlocal_Exchange) Clearing in Interlocal Exchange (p. 821)
10. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11c.asp#10._Balances_of_Payments) Balances of Payments (p. 822)
11. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11d.asp) Monetary Attributes of Goods (p. 826)
A. Quasi Money (p. 826)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11d.asp#11B._Bills_of_Exchange) Bills of Exchange (p. 827)
12. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11d.asp#12._Coexisting_Moneys) Exchange Rates of Coexisting Moneys (p. 828)
13. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11d.asp#13._Fallacy_Equation_of_Exchange) The Fallacy of the Equation of Exchange (p. 831)
14. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11d.asp#14._Fallacy_Measuring_PPM) The Fallacy of Measuring and Stabilizing the PPM (p. 843)
A. Measurement (p. 843)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11d.asp#14B._Stabilization) Stabilization (p. 847)
15. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11e.asp) Business Fluctuations (p. 851)
16. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11e.asp#16._Schumpeter_Theory) Schumpeter's Theory of Business Cycles (p. 854)
17. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11e.asp#17._Further_Fallacies) Further Fallacies of the Keynesian System (p. 859
A. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11e.asp#17A._Interest_Investment) Interest and Investment (p. 859)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11e.asp#17B._Consumption_Function) The "Consumption Function" (p. 860)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11e.asp#17C._The_Multiplier) The Multiplier (p. 866)
18. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap11e.asp#18._Fallacy_Acceleration_Principle) The Fallacy of the Acceleration Principle (p. 868)
CHAPTER 12-THE ECONOMICS OF VIOLENT INTERVENTION IN THE MARKET (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12a.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12a.asp) Introduction (p. 875)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12a.asp#2._Typology_of_Intervention) A Typology of Intervention (p. 877)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12a.asp#3._Direct_Effects_Utility) Direct Effects of Intervention on Utility (p. 878)
4. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12a.asp#4._Ultility_Ex_Post) Utility Ex Post: Free Market and Government (p. 885)
5. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12a.asp#5._TI_Price_Control) Triangular Intervention: Price Control (p. 892)
6. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12b.asp) Triangular Intervention: Product Control (p. 900)
7. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12b.asp#7._BI_Government_Budget) Binary Intervention: The Government Budget (p. 907)
8. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12b.asp#8._BI_Taxation) Binary Intervention: Taxation (p. 914)
A. Income Taxation (p. 914)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12c.asp) Attempts at Neutral Taxation (p. 919)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12c.asp#8C._SI_Tax_on_Industry) Shifting and Incidence: A Tax on an Industry (p. 927)
D. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12c.asp#8D._SI_General_Sales_Tax) Shifting and Incidence: A General Sales Tax (p. 930)
E. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12c.asp#8E._Tax_Land_Values) A Tax on Land Values (p. 934)
F. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12c.asp#8F._Taxing_Excess_PP) Taxing "Excess Purchasing Power" (p. 937)
9. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12c.asp#_ftnref14) Binary Intervention: Government Expenditures (p. 938)
A. The "Productive Contribution" of Government Spending (p. 938)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12d.asp) Subsidies and Transfer Payments (p. 942)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12d.asp#9C._Resource_Using_Activities) Resource-Using Activities (p. 944)
D. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12d.asp#9D._Fallacy_Government_Business_Basis) The Fallacy of Government on a "Business Basis" (p. 946)
E. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12d.asp#9E._Calculational_Chaos) Centers of Calculational Chaos (p. 952)
F. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12d.asp#9F._Conflict_Command_Posts) Conflict and the Command Posts (p. 953)
G. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12d.asp#9G._Fallacies_Public_Ownership) The Fallacies of "Public" Ownership (p. 955)
H. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12d.asp#9H._Social_Security) Social Security (p. 957)
I. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12d.asp#9I._Socialism_Central_Planning) Socialism and Central Planning (p. 958)
10. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12e.asp) Growth, Affluence, and Government (p. 962)
A. The Problem of Growth (p. 962)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12e.asp#10B._Professor_Galbraith) Professor Galbraith and the Sin of Affluence (p. 973)
11. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12f.asp) Binary Intervention: Inflation and Business Cycles (p. 989)
A. Inflation and Credit Expansion (p. 989)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12f.asp#11B._Credit_Expansion_Business_Cycle) Credit Expansion and the Business Cycle (p. 994)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12f.asp#11C._Secondary_Developments) Secondary Developments of the Business Cycle (p. 1004)
D. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12f.asp#11D._Limits_Credit_Expansion) The Limits of Credit Expansion (p. 1008)
E. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12g.asp) The Government as Promoter of Credit Expansion (p. 1014)
F. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12g.asp#11F._The_Ultimate_Limit) The Ultimate Limit: The Runaway Boom (p. 1018)
G. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12g.asp#11G._Inflation_Compensatory_Fiscal_Pol icy) Inflation and Compensatory Fiscal Policy (p. 1021)
12. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12g.asp#12._Conclusion) Conclusion: The Free Market and Coercion (p. 1024)
Appendix A: (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12g.asp#ApxA._Government_Borrowing) Government Borrowing (p. 1025)
Appendix B: (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap12g.asp#ApxB._Collective_Goods) "Collective Goods" and "External Benefits":
Two Arguments for Government Activity (p. 1029)
Power and Market
CHAPTER 1-DEFENSE SERVICES ON THE FREE MARKET (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap13.asp) (p. 1047)
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CHAPTER 2-FUNDAMENTALS OF INTERVENTION (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap14.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap14.asp) Types of Intervention (p. 1057)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap14.asp#2._Direct_Effects_Utility) Direct Effects of Intervention on Utility (p. 1061)
A. Intervention and Conflict (p. 1061)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap14.asp#2B._Democracy_Voluntary) Democracy and the Voluntary (p. 1065)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap14.asp#2C._Utility_Resistance_Invasion) Utility and Resistance to Invasion (p. 1067)
D. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap14.asp#2D._Argument_from_Envy) The Argument from Envy (p. 1068)
E. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap14.asp#2E._Utility_ExPost_) Utility Ex Post (p. 1069)
CHAPTER 3-TRIANGULAR INTERVENTION (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15a.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15a.asp) Price Control (p. 1075)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15a.asp#2._Product_Control_Prohibition) Product Control: Prohibition (p. 1086)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15a.asp#3._Product_Control_Monopolistic) Product Control: Grant of Monopolistic Privilege (p. 1089)
A. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15a.asp#3A._Compulsory_Cartels) Compulsory Cartels (p. 1094)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15a.asp#3B._Licenses) Licenses (p. 1094)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15b.asp) Standards of Quality and Safety (p. 1096)
D. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15b.asp#3D._Tariffs) Tariffs (p. 1101)
E. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15b.asp#3E._Immigration_Restrictions) Immigration Restrictions (p. 1107)
F. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15b.asp#3F._Child_Labor_Laws) Child Labor Laws (p. 1111)
G. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15b.asp#3G._Conscription) Conscription (p. 1113)
H. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15b.asp#3H._Minimum_Wage) Minimum Wage Laws and Compulsory Unionism (p. 1114)
I. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15b.asp#3I._Subsidies_Unemployment) Subsidies to Unemployment (p. 1115)
J. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15b.asp#3J._Penalties_Market_Forms) Penalties on Market Forms (p. 1115)
K. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15c.asp) Antitrust Laws (p. 1117)
L. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15c.asp#3L._Outlawing_Basing_Point) Outlawing Basing-Point Pricing (p. 1121)
M. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15c.asp#3M._Conservation_Laws) Conservation Laws (p. 1122)
N. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15d.asp) Patents (p. 1133)
O. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15d.asp#3O._Franchises_Public_Utilities) Franchises and "Public Utilities" (p. 1138)
P. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15d.asp#3P._Right_Eminent_Domain) The Right of Eminent Domain (p. 1139)
Q. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15d.asp#3Q._Bribery_Government_Officials) Bribery of Government Officials (p. 1141)
R. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15d.asp#3R._Policy_Toward_Monopoly) Policy Toward Monopoly (p. 1143)
Appendix A: (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15d.asp#ApxA._Private_Coinage) On Private Coinage (p. 1144)
Appendix B: (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap15d.asp#ApxB._Coercion_Lebensraum) Coercion and Lebensraum (p. 1146)
CHAPTER 4-BINARY INTERVENTION: TAXATION (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16a.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16a.asp) Introduction: Government Revenues and Expenditures (p. 1149)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16a.asp#2._Burdens_and_Benefits) The Burdens and Benefits of Taxation and Expenditures (p. 1151)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16a.asp#3._Incidence_and_Effects) The Incidence and Effects of Taxation (p. 1156)
Part I: Taxes on Incomes (p. 1156)
A. The General Sales Tax and the Laws of Incidence (p. 1156)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16a.asp#3B._Partial_Excise_Taxes) Partial Excise Taxes; Other Production Taxes (p. 1162)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16a.asp#3C._General_Effects_Income_Taxation) General Effects of Income Taxation (p. 1164)
D. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16a.asp#3D._Particular_Forms) Particular Forms of Income Taxation (p. 1171)
(1) Taxes on Wages (p. 1171)
(2) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16a.asp#3D2._Corporate_Income_Taxation) Corporate Income Taxation (p. 1171)
(3) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16a.asp#3D3._Excess_Profit_Taxation) "Excess" Profit Taxation (p. 1173)
(4) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16b.asp) The Capital Gains Problem (p. 1174)
(5) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16b.asp#3D5._Tax_Consumption_Possible) Is a Tax on Consumption Possible? (p. 1180)
4. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16b.asp#4._IE_Taxation) The Incidence and Effects of Taxation (p. 1183)
Part II: Taxation on Accumulated Capital (p. 1183)
A. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16b.asp#4A._Gratuitous_Transfers) Taxation on Gratuitous Transfers: Bequests and Gifts (p. 1185)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16b.asp#4B._Property_Taxation) Property Taxation (p. 1185)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16b.asp#4C._Individual_Wealth) A Tax on Individual Wealth (p. 1190)
5. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16b.asp#5._I_and_E_Taxation) The Incidence and Effects of Taxation (p. 1191)
Part III: The Progressive Tax (p. 1191)
6. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16c.asp) The Incidence and Effects of Taxation (p. 1196)
Part IV: The "Single Tax" on Ground Rent (p. 1196)
7. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16c.asp#7._Canons_Justice) Canons of "Justice" in Taxation (p. 1214)
A. The Just Tax and the Just Price (p. 1214)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16d.asp) Costs of Collection, Convenience, and Certainty (p. 1216)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16d.asp#7C._Distribution_Tax_Burden) Distribution of the Tax Burden (p. 1218)
(1) Uniformity of Treatment (p. 1218)
a. Equality Before the Law: Tax Exemption (p. 1218)
b. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16d.asp#7C1b._Impossibility_Uniformity) The Impossibility of Uniformity (p. 1221)
(2) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16d.asp#7C2._Ability_to_Pay) The "Ability-to-Pay" Principle (p. 1224)
a. The Ambiguity of the Concept (p. 1224)
b. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16d.asp#7C2b._Justice_Standard) The Justice of the Standard (p. 1227)
(3) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16d.asp#7C3._Sacrifice_Theory) Sacrifice Theory (p. 1231)
(4) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16e.asp) The Benefit Principle (p. 1236)
(5) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16e.asp#7C5._Equal_Tax) The Equal Tax and the Cost Principle (p. 1240)
(6) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16e.asp#7C6._For_Revenue_Only) Taxation "For Revenue Only" (p. 1244)
(7) (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16e.asp#7C7._Neutral_Tax) The Neutral Tax: A Summary (p. 1244)
D. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16e.asp#7D._Voluntary_Contributions) Voluntary Contributions to Government (p. 1245)
CHAPTER 5-BINARY INTERVENTION: GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap17a.asp) (p. 1253)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap17a.asp#1._Government_Subsidies) Government Subsidies: Transfer Payments (p. 1254)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap17a.asp#2._Resource_Using_Activities) Resource-Using Activities: Government Ownership versus Private Ownership (p. 1259)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap17b.asp) Resource-Using Activities: Socialism (p. 1272)
4. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap17b.asp#4._Myth_Public_Ownership) The Myth of "Public" Ownership (p. 1276)
5. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap17b.asp#5._Democracy) Democracy (p. 1279)
Appendix: (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap17b.asp#_ftnref14) The Role of Government Expenditures in National Product Statistics (p. 1292)
CHAPTER 6-ANTIMARKET ETHICS: A PRAXEOLOGICAL CRITIQUE (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18a.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18a.asp) Introduction: Praxeological Criticism of Ethics (p. 1297)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18a.asp#2._Knowledge_Self_Interest) Knowledge of Self-Interest: An Alleged Critical Assumption (p. 1300)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18a.asp#3._Immoral_Choices) The Problem of Immoral Choices (p. 1303)
4. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18a.asp#4._Morality_Human_Nature) The Morality of Human Nature (p. 1306)
5. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18a.asp#5._Impossibility_Equality) The Impossibility of Equality (p. 1308)
6. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18a.asp#6._Problem_Security) The Problem of Security (p. 1313)
7. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18a.asp#7._Alleged_Joys) Alleged Joys of the Society of Status (p. 1315)
8. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18a.asp#8._Charity_Poverty) Charity and Poverty (p. 1318)
9. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18a.asp#9._Selfish_Materialism) The Charge of "Selfish Materialism" (p. 1321)
10. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18b.asp) Back to the Jungle? (p. 1324)
11. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18b.asp#11._Power_Coercion) Power and Coercion (p. 1326)
A. "Other Forms of Coercion": Economic Power (p. 1326)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18b.asp#11B._Power_Over_Nature) Power Over Nature and Power Over Man (p. 1329)
12. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18b.asp#12._Problem_of_Luck) The Problem of Luck (p. 1333)
13. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18b.asp#13._Traffic_Manager_Analogy) The Traffic-Manager Analogy (p. 1334)
14. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18b.asp#14._Over_Underdevelopment) Over- and Underdevelopment (p. 1334)
15. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18b.asp#15._State_Nature_Man) The State and the Nature of Man (p. 1335)
16. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18b.asp#_ftnref9) Human Rights and Property Rights (p. 1337)
Appendix: (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18b.asp#Apx._Professor_Oliver) Professor Oliver on Socioeconomic Goals (p. 1340)
A. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18b.asp#A._Attack_Natural_Liberty) The Attack on Natural Liberty (p. 1341)
B. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18b.asp#B._Attack_Freedom_Contract) The Attack on Freedom of Contract (p. 1344)
C. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap18b.asp#C._Income_According_Earnings) The Attack on Income According to Earnings (p. 1347)
CHAPTER 7-CONCLUSION: ECONOMICS AND PUBLIC POLICY (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap19.asp)
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1. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap19.asp) Economics: Its Nature and Its Uses (p. 1357)
2. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap19.asp#2._Implicit_Moralizing) Implicit Moralizing: The Failures of Welfare Economics (p. 1360)
3. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap19.asp#3._Economics_Social_Ethics) Economics and Social Ethics (p. 1363)
4. (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap19.asp#4._Market_Principle) The Market Principle and the Hegemonic Principle (p. 1365)
Bibliography (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/biblioa.asp) (p. 1371)
Index of Names (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/images/tttwenty-five.PDF) (p. 1395)
Index of Subjects (http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/images/tttwenty-five.PDF) (p. 1407)
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