Bureaucracy (Lib Works Ludwig Von Mises PB)

Mises, Ludwig von

ISBN 10: 0865976643 / ISBN 13: 9780865976641

Published by Liberty Fund, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bureaucracy (Lib Works Ludwig Von Mises PB)
• Publisher: Liberty Fund
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865976643
• ISBN 13: 9780865976641
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Bureaucracy contrasts the two forms of economic management―that of a free-market economy and that of a bureaucracy. In the market economy entrepreneurs are driven to serve consumers by their desire to earn profits and to avoid losses. In a bureaucracy, the managers must comply with orders issued by the legislative body under which they operate; they may not spend without authorization, and they may not deviate from the path prescribed by law.

Ludwig von Mises here lucidly demonstrates how the efficiencies of private ownership and control of public good production ultimately trump the guesswork of publicly administered “planning” through codes and “officialdom.”

Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973) was the leading spokesman of the Austrian School of economics throughout most of the twentieth century.

Bettina Bien Greaves is a former resident scholar and trustee of the Foundation for Economic Education and was a senior staff member at FEE from 1951 to 1999.

About the Author

Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973) was a preeminent philosopher and economist during the twentieth century. He shared an intellectual friendship with literary giant Ayn Rand, and his theorems and philosophies have continued to influence the careers and ideas of politicians and economists alike.