In dem vorliegenden Werk analysiert der Autor kritisch die okonomischen und rechtlichen Grundlagen unseres aktuellen Bank- und Kreditsystems. Diesem ist ein hoher Grad an Staatseingriffen und Regulierungen eigen. So hat sich das Finanzsystem zur Achillesferse moderner Volkswirtschaften entwickelt.

This book gathers a collection of English language essays by Jesus Huerta de Soto over the past ten years, examining the dynamic processes of social cooperation which characterize the market, with particular emphasis on the role of both entrepreneurship and institutions. The author's multidisciplinary approach to the subject is in keeping with a trend in economic thought established by the Austrian school of economics; a discourse that had witnessed a significant revival over the last thirty years. Areas covered in this book include an introduction to the theory of dynamic efficiency as an...