First published 1978

Forty Centuries of Wage and Price Controls: How Not to Fight Inflation

The Heritage Foundation, 1978194 pagesISBN 9781610161404Updated April 2, 2011

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Author: Robert L. Scheuttinger
First published: 1978
Format: PDF and EPUB
Pages: 194
ISBN: 9781610161404
Publisher: The Heritage Foundation
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The state & socialism

By special arrangement with the authors, the Mises Institute is thrilled to bring back this popular guide to ridiculous economic policy from the ancient world to modern times. This outstanding history illustrates the utter futility of fighting the market process through legislation. It always uses despotic measures to yield socially catastrophic results.

It covers the ancient world, the Roman Republic and Empire, Medieval Europe, the first centuries of the U.S. and Canada, the French Revolution, the 19th century, World Wars I and II, the Nazis, the Soviets, postwar rent control, and the 1970s. It also includes a very helpful conclusion spelling out the theory of wage and price controls.

This book is a treasure, and super entertaining!

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Who wrote Forty Centuries of Wage and Price Controls: How Not to Fight Inflation?: Robert L. Schuettinger is an American scholar and author. He studied under F.A. Hayek at the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago, where he co-edited the New Individualist Review alongside Ralph Raico.

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26 chapters · 68,953 words · page numbers are this file's

Forewordp. 10
1. The Ancient Worldp. 16
2. The Roman Republic and Empirep. 26
3.From Midieval to Early Modern Timesp. 36
4.Canada and the United States: The First Centuriesp. 44
5. The French Revolutionp. 52
6. The Nineteenth Century: One Success, One Failurep. 56
7. The First World Warp. 60
8. Three Nations Between the Warsp. 68
9. National Socialist Germanyp. 72
10. The Soviet Unionp. 84
11. Two Democracies in the Second World Warp. 88
12. Postwar Rent Controlsp. 92
13. A Postwar Survey of Six Continentsp. 98
14. The Price of World Currencyp. 110
15. The U.S., Britain, and Canada: 1970-78p. 114
16. On the Causes of Inflationp. 128
17. Coping With Inflationp. 134
18. The Cures for Inflationp. 138
19. The Economic Effects of Wage and Price Controlsp. 146
20. Summary and Conclusionp. 154
Appendix Ap. 160
Appendix Bp. 162
Appendix Cp. 168
Appendix Dp. 176
Selected Bibliographyp. 178

About the author

Robert L. Scheuttinger

Robert L. Schuettinger is an American scholar and author. He studied under F.A. Hayek at the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago, where he co-edited the New Individualist Review alongside Ralph Raico. Read more about Robert L. Scheuttinger.