Nation, State, and Economy. Людвиг фон Мизес

      

       NATION, STATE, AND ECONOMY

      The Liberty Fund Library of the Works of Ludwig von Mises

      EDITED BY BETTINA BIEN GREAVES

      The Anti-capitalistic Mentality

      Bureaucracy

      Economic Freedom and Interventionism: An Anthology of Articles and Essays

      Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow

      Human Action: A Treatise on Economics

      Interventionism: An Economic Analysis

      Liberalism: The Classical Tradition

      Nation, State, and Economy: Contributions to the Politics and History of Our Time

      Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War

      On the Manipulation of Money and Credit: Three Treatises on Trade-Cycle Theory

      Planning for Freedom: Let the Market System Work A Collection of Essays and Addresses

      Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis

      Theory and History: An Interpretation of Social and Economic Evolution

      The Theory of Money and Credit

      The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science: An Essay on Method

      EDITED BY RICHARD M. EBELING

      Selected Writings of Ludwig von Mises

      Volume 1: Monetary and Economic Policy Problems Before, During, and After the Great War

      Volume 2: Between the Two World Wars: Monetary Disorder, Interventionism, Socialism, and the Great Depression

      Volume 3: The Political Economy of International Reform and Reconstruction

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      © 1983 by Liberty Fund, Inc. Editorial additions © 2006 by Liberty Fund, Inc. First published in 1983 by the Institute for Humane Studies in association with New York University Press.

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      CONTENTS

Preface

Translator’s Introduction

Introduction

       Nation and State

       1 Nation and Nationality

       1. The Nation as a Speech Community

       2. Dialect and Standard Language

       3. National Changes

       2 The Nationality Principle in Politics

       1. Liberal or Pacifistic Nationalism

       2. Militant or Imperialistic Nationalism

       A. The Nationality Question in Territories with Mixed Populations

       B. The Migration Problem and Nationalism

       C. The Roots of Imperialism

       D. Pacifism

       3. On the History of German Democracy

       A. Prussia

       B. Austria

       War and the Economy

       1. The Economic Position of the Central Powers in the War

       2. War Socialism

       3. Autarky and Stockpiling

       4. The Economy’s War Costs and the Inflation

       5. Covering the State’s War Costs

       6. War Socialism and True Socialism

       Socialism and Imperialism

       1. Socialism and Its Opponents

       2. Socialism and Utopia

       3. Centralist and Syndicalist Socialism

       4. Socialist Imperialism

       Concluding Observations

       Index

PREFACE

      The pages that I herewith submit to the public do not presume to be more than observations about the crisis in world history that we are living through and contributions to understanding the political conditions of our time. I know that any attempt to offer more would be premature and therefore mistaken. Even if we were in a position to see interrelations clearly and to recognize where developments are heading, it would be impossible for us to confront the great events of our day objectively and not let our view be blurred by wishes and hopes. Standing in the middle of battle, one strives in vain to keep cool and calm. It exceeds human capacity to treat the vital questions of one’s time sine ira et studio [without anger and partiality]. I should not be blamed for not being an exception to this rule.

      It may perhaps seem that the topics treated in the individual parts of this book hang together only superficially. Yet I believe that they are closely connected by the purpose that this study serves. Of course, reflections of this kind, which must always remain fragmentary, cannot deal with the completeness and unity of the whole. My task can only be to direct the reader’s attention to points that public discussion does not usually take sufficiently into account.

      Vienna,