I, Pencil
This classic article by Leonard Read illustrates how completely dependent the world is on the division of labor.
Praxeology
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Libertarian Thought in Colonial America
The growth of libertarian thought in eighteenth-century America was heavily influenced by a preceding growth in England.
The Peculiar and Unique Position of Economics
Great men cannot adjust social conditions to their plans if they do not convince public opinion.
Mises as Social Rationalist Pt VI: Social Evolution as Ideological Struggle
The course of social evolution and the fortunes of humanity are inextricably bound up with the fortunes of the ongoing ideological struggle.
Mises as Social Rationalist Pt V: The Problem of Socialism: Calculation or Knowledge?
Mises's critique of the possibility of socialism is not about knowledge but about calculation.
Mises as Social Rationalist Pt IV: Use of Calculation versus Use of Knowledge: The Social Function of Prices
Economic calculation itself is not the means of acquiring knowledge, but the very prerequisite of rational action within society.
Mises as Social Rationalist Pt III: Economic Calculation, Market, and Society
The market and its configuration at any moment in time is to be explained by the human values and choices which give rise to these exchanges.
Mises as Social Rationalist Pt II: The Rationalistic Basis of Rules of Conduct and Social Institutions
The very concept of an isolated human being is a fiction, a useful mental construct for social theory, but impossible of realization in history.
Mises as Social Rationalist Pt I: Reason and the Origin of Society
The principle of the division of labor has application in both the social and biological worlds.
Economics and Humanity
The subject matter of praxeology is merely the essential manifestation of human life, viz., action.
