Man, Economy, and State

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Man, Economy, and State: A Treatise on Economic Principles, first published in 1962, is a book on economics by Murray Rothbard, and is one of the most important books in the Austrian School of economics (others are Ludwig von Mises' The Theory of Money and Credit and Human Action). Economist Walter Block has described this volume as "excruciatingly brilliant."[1]

When originally published in 1962, the final eight chapters were removed for political reasons; these were finally published as Power and Market in 1970. The 2004 edition published by the Ludwig von Mises Institute combines both books in a single volume. This book provides a discussion of both microeconomics and macroeconomics.

Contents 1 Contents 2 Publishing history 2.1 English 2.2 Japanese 3 External links

[edit] Contents

1. Fundmentals of Human Action
2. Direct Exchange
3. The Pattern of Indirect Exchange
4. Prices and Consumption
5. Production: The Structure
6. Production: The Rate of Interest and Its Determination
7. Production: General Pricing of the Factors
8. Production: Entrepreneurship and Change
9. Production: Particular Factor Prices and Productive Incomes
10. Monopoly and Competition
11. Money and Its Purchasing Power
12. The Economics of Violent Intervention in the Market

[edit] Publishing history

[edit] English

• Man, Economy & State with Power and Market (The Scholar's Edition). Ludwig von Mises Institute. February 2004. 1,441 pages plus introduction. ISBN 0-945466-30-7.

• Auburn, Alabama: Ludwig von Mises Institute. 1993. One volume in softcover. 987 pages. ISBN 0-8402-1223-2.

• Menlo Park, California: Institute for Humane Studies with Nash Publishing Corporation. 1970. Two volumes in Hardcover. ISBN 0-8402-1223-2. Also: one volume in softcover. ISBN 0-8402-8223-2.

• Princeton, N.J.: D. Van Nostrand Company with the William Volker Fund. 1962. Two volumes in hardcover.

[edit] Japanese

• Tokyo, Japan: Tuttle-Mori Agency, Inc. with the Ludwig von Mises Institute. 2001. Softcover. ISBN 4-88359-052-6.

[edit] External links

• Complete text of Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market, by Murray N. Rothbard
• Man, Economy, and State -- Book Review/Summary