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Human Action is the magnum opus of Ludwig von Mises, first published in 1949. It defined a large part of present Austrian Economics.

Part One: Human Action
I. Acting Man
II. The Epistemological Problems of the Sciences of Human Action
III. Economics and the Revolt Against Reason
IV. A First Analysis of the Category of Action
V. Time
VI. Uncertainty
VII. Action Within the World

Part Two: Actions Within the Framework of Society
VIII. Human Society
IX. The Role of Ideas
X. Exchange Within Society

Part Three: Economic Calculation
XI. Valuation Without Calculation
XII. The Sphere of Economic Calculation
XIII. Monetary Calculation as a Tool of Action

Part Four: Catallactics or Economics of the Market Society
XIV. The Scope and Method of Catallactics
XV. The Market
XVI. Prices
XVII. Indirect Exchange
XVIII. Action in the Passing of Time
XIX. Interest
XX. Interest, Credit Expansion, and the Trade Cycle
XXI. Work and Wages
XXII. The Nonhuman Original Factors of Production
XXIII. The Data of the Market
XXIV. Harmony and Conflict of Interests

Part Five: Social Cooperation Without a Market
XXV. The Imaginary Construction of a Socialist Society
XXVI. The Impossibility of Economic Calculation Under Socialism

Part Six: The Hampered Market Economy
XXVII. The Government and the Market
XXVIII. Interference by Taxation
XXIX. Restriction of Production
XXX. Interference with the Structure of Prices
XXXI. Currency and Credit Manipulation
XXXII. Confiscation and Redistribution
XXXIII. Syndicalism and Corporativism
XXXIV. The Economics of War
XXXV. The Welfare Principle Versus the Market Principle
XXXVI. The Crisis of Interventionism

Part Seven: The Place of Economics in Society
XXXVII. The Nondescript Character of Economics
XXXVIII. The Place of Economics in Learning
XXXIX. Economics and the Essential Problems of Human Existence

External links

read the complete online edition (pdf) or purchase Human Action, The Scholar's Edition
the complete Study Guide (pdf), partially attached to the online version of Human Action, also for sale
the Wikipedia page

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 Human Action is the magnum opus of [[Ludwig von Mises]], first published in 1949. It defined a large part of present [[Austrian Economics]].
+==Contents==
+'''Part One: Human Action'''<br />
+I. Acting Man<br />
+II. The Epistemological Problems of the Sciences of Human Action<br />
+III. Economics and the Revolt Against Reason<br />
+IV. A First Analysis of the Category of Action<br />
+V. Time<br />
+VI. Uncertainty<br />
+VII. Action Within the World<br /><br />
+'''Part Two: Actions Within the Framework of Society'''<br />
+VIII. Human Society<br />
+IX. The Role of Ideas<br />
+X. Exchange Within Society<br /><br />
+'''Part Three: Economic Calculation'''<br />
+XI. Valuation Without Calculation<br />
+XII. The Sphere of Economic Calculation<br />
+XIII. Monetary Calculation as a Tool of Action<br /><br />
+'''Part Four: Catallactics or Economics of the Market Society'''<br />
+XIV. The Scope and Method of Catallactics<br />
+XV. The Market<br />
+XVI. Prices<br />
+XVII. Indirect Exchange<br />
+XVIII. Action in the Passing of Time<br />
+XIX. Interest<br />
+XX. Interest, Credit Expansion, and the Trade Cycle<br />
+XXI. Work and Wages<br />
+XXII. The Nonhuman Original Factors of Production<br />
+XXIII. The Data of the Market<br />
+XXIV. Harmony and Conflict of Interests<br /><br />
+'''Part Five: Social Cooperation Without a Market<br />
+XXV. The Imaginary Construction of a Socialist Society<br />
+XXVI. The Impossibility of Economic Calculation Under Socialism<br /><br />
+'''Part Six: The Hampered Market Economy'''<br />
+XXVII. The Government and the Market<br />
+XXVIII. Interference by Taxation<br />
+XXIX. Restriction of Production<br />
+XXX. Interference with the Structure of Prices<br />
+XXXI. Currency and Credit Manipulation<br />
+XXXII. Confiscation and Redistribution<br />
+XXXIII. Syndicalism and Corporativism<br />
+XXXIV. The Economics of War<br />
+XXXV. The Welfare Principle Versus the Market Principle<br />
+XXXVI. The Crisis of Interventionism<br /><br />
+'''Part Seven: The Place of Economics in Society<br />
+XXXVII. The Nondescript Character of Economics<br />
+XXXVIII. The Place of Economics in Learning<br />
+XXXIX. Economics and the Essential Problems of Human Existence<br />
 ==External links==