Socialism. Людвиг фон Мизес

       CHAPTER 23—THE CONCENTRATION OF ESTABLISHMENTS

       1 The concentration of establishments as the complement of the division of labour

       2 The optimal size of establishments in primary production and in transport

       3 The optimal size of establishments in manufacturing

       CHAPTER 24—THE CONCENTRATION OF ENTERPRISES

       1 The horizontal concentration of enterprises

       2 The vertical concentration of enterprises

       CHAPTER 25—THE CONCENTRATION OF FORTUNES

       1 The problem

       2 The foundation of fortunes outside the market economy

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       3 The formation of fortunes within the market economy

       4 The theory of increasing poverty

       CHAPTER 26—MONOPOLY AND ITS EFFECTS

       1 The nature of monopoly and its significance for the formation of prices

       2 The economic effects of isolated monopolies

       3 The limits of monopoly formation

       4 The significance of monopoly in primary production

       PART IV SOCIALISM AS A MORAL IMPERATIVE

       CHAPTER 27—SOCIALISM AND ETHICS

       1 The socialist attitude to ethics

       2 Eudaemonistic ethics and Socialism

       3 A contribution to the understanding of eudaemonism

       CHAPTER 28—SOCIALISM AS AN EMANATION OF ASCETICISM

       1 The ascetic point of view

       2 Asceticism and Socialism

       CHAPTER 29—CHRISTIANITY AND SOCIALISM

       1 Religion and social ethics

       2 The Gospels as a source of Christian ethics

       3 Primitive Christianity and society

       4 The canon law prohibition of interest

       5 Christianity and property

       6 Christian Socialism

       CHAPTER 30—ETHICAL SOCIALISM, ESPECIALLY THAT OF THE NEW CRITICISM

       1 The categorical imperative as a foundation for Socialism

       2 The duty of work as a foundation for Socialism

       3 The equality of incomes as an ethical postulate

       4 The ethical-aesthetic condemnation of the profit-motive

       5 The cultural achievements of Capitalism

       CHAPTER 31—ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY

       1 The slogan “economic democracy”

       2 The consumer as the deciding factor in production

       3 Socialism as expression of the will of the majority

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       CHAPTER 32—CAPITALIST ETHICS

       1 Capitalistic ethics and the impracticability of Socialism

       2 The alleged defects of capitalist ethics

       PART V DESTRUCTIONISM

       CHAPTER 33—THE MOTIVE POWERS OF DESTRUCTIONISM

       1 The nature of destructionism

       2 Demagogy

       3 The destructionism of the literati

       CHAPTER 34—THE METHODS OF DESTRUCTIONISM

       1 The means of destructionism

       2 Labour legislation

       3 Compulsory social insurance

       4 Trade unions

       5 Unemployment insurance

       6 Socialization

       7 Taxation

       8 Inflation

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