Statism and the Economy

ISBN-13: 9781032573298 / Twarda / 2023 / 272 str.

Jesus Huerta de Soto

Opis

Featuring essays on topics ranging from the pandemic to antideflationist paranoia and the crisis of classical liberalism, this volume explores the various ways in which socialism-statism is the “deadliest virus” which constantly endangers the spontaneous process of social cooperation.

Spis treści

1. The deadliest virus  2. Economic effects of pandemics  3. The Japanization of the European Union  4. Anti-deflationist paranoia  5. In defense of the Euro: An Austrian perspective (with a critique of the errors of the ECB and the interventionism of Brussels)  6.  Economic recessions, banking reform, and the future of capitalism  7. Additional reflections on the economic crisis and the theory of the cycle  8. A critical note on the proposal for the reform of the international accounting standards  9. The fatal error of Solvency II  10. Classical liberalism vs. anarchocapitalism  11. Anarchy, God, and Pope Francis  12. The fundamentals of classical liberalism  13. Austrians vs. market socialists  14. Planned economy and entrepreneurial function  15. A theory of libertarian nationalism  16. Lincoln and the (European) Union  17. Civilization, the market, and the moral order  18. The essence of the Austrian School and the concept of dynamic efficiency  19. The economic thought in Ancient Greece   20. The Austrian School and the Spanish Scholastics: Lessons for today and the future   21. The influence of Mises’ Human Action and Hayek’s The constitution of liberty   22. A review of Richard Cantillon’s Essai sur la nature du commerce en general   23. A review of Jörg Guido Hülsmann’s book, Mises: The Last Knight of Liberalism   24. A review of the book Salazar: The Dictator Who Refused to Die by Tom Gallagher   25. A review of the book Benedict XVI: A Life, by Peter Seewald   26. A brief autobiographical essay

 

 

 

 

O autorze

Jesús Huerta de Soto is Professor of Political Economy at the Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid. Among his most prominent books are: - Money, Bank Credit and Economic Cycles 4th ed. (2020); - Socialism, Economic Calculation and Entrepreneurship (2010);  The Austrian School: Market Order and Entrepreneurial Creativity (2008); and The Theory of Dynamic Efficiency (2009).