5.3. The Bureaucrat as a Voter
The bureaucrat is not only a government employee. He is also his own employer.
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6.5. The Vanishing of the Critical Sense
The capitalist variety of competition is to outdo other people on the market through offering better and cheaper goods. The bureaucratic variety consists in intrigues at the "courts" of those in power.
5.1. The Philosophy of Bureaucratism
The State is the only institution entitled to apply coercion and compulsion and to inflict harm upon individuals.
5.4. The Bureaucratization of the Mind
It is not in the power of the government to make everybody more prosperous.
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...
God of the Machine
Paterson’s best known work is her 1943 book The God of the Machine, which at that time was the preeminent individualist manifesto. In Reason, Stephen Cox writes: The God of the Machine remains a classic of individualist thought. But it is not a...
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The Menace of the Herd, or Procrustes at Large
This exceedingly rare book is by one of the great men of the 20th century. Written soon after his immigration to the United States, he signed the book “Francis Stuart Campbell” because he was a refugee from Austria and didn’t want to endanger...
An Outline of International Price Theory
Greatness often comes from the most unlikely corners. Chi-Yuen Wu began this treatise while a student at LSE during the Great Depression, then returning to an anxious China, on the verge of war, and in the throes of economic instability...
The Vampire Economy
Here is a study of the actual workings of business under national socialism. Written in 1939, Reimann discusses the effects of heavy regulation, inflation, price controls, trade interference, national economic planning, and attacks on private...
The New Deal in Old Rome
What a fantastic way to learn ancient history: via the parallels with modern times. This book was a smash hit when it first came out in 1939, and yet it went out of print, and hasn’t been in print in half a century. H.J. Haskell was a journalist...
