Introduction to Bureaucracy
The introduction to Mises's 1944 Bureaucracy. Nobody doubts that bureaucracy is thoroughly bad and that it should not exist in a perfect world.
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3.1. The Impractiability of Government All-round Control
The very idea of central planning by the state is self-contradictory.
7.1. Past Failures
Bureaucratization is only a particular feature of socialization. The main matter is: Capitalism or Socialism?
4.4. Unlimited Dependence on the Discretion of Government Bureaus
In the bureaucratic environment the entrepreneur must resort to two means: diplomacy and bribery.
2.5. Bureaucratic Personnel Management
A bureaucrat differs from a non-bureaucrat precisely because he is working in a field in which it is impossible to appraise the result of a man's effort in terms of money.
6.4. The Selection of the Dictator
The alternative to the democratic principle of selection through popular election is the seizure of power by ruthless adventurers.
The Road to Serfdom
The description below is written for the Definitive Edition of Road to Serfdom which is sold in the Mises Store and can be previewed here: Google Preview. Finally, here is an edition of Road to Serfdom that does justice to its monumental status...
Bureaucracy
Mises said it right here. In these pages we find the crushing critique of nearly all modern reform movements, summed up in his sweeping conclusion: The champions of socialism call themselves progressives, but they recommend a system which is...
