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Chapters

1. Copyright Page120 words
2. Preface to the Fourth Edition1,523 words
3. Chapter 1—Defense Services on the Free Market3,367 words
4. Chapter 2—Fundamentals of Intervention5,637 words
5. Chapter 3—Triangular Intervention108 words
6. 1. Price Control3,022 words
7. 2. Product Control: Prohibition823 words
8. 3. Product Control: Grant of Monopolistic Privilege1,532 words
9. A. Compulsory Cartels185 words
10. B. Licenses496 words
11. C. Standards of Quality and Safety1,252 words
12. D. Tariffs1,867 words
13. E. Immigration Restrictions1,177 words
14. F. Child Labor Laws354 words
15. G. Conscription153 words
16. H. Minimum Wage Laws and Compulsory Unionism272 words
17. I. Subsidies to Unemployment82 words
18. J. Penalties on Market Forms451 words
19. K. Antitrust Laws1,269 words
20. L. Outlawing Basing-Point Pricing251 words
21. M. Conservation Laws2,608 words
22. N. PATENTS681,624 words
23. O. Franchises and “Public Utilities”298 words
24. P. The Right of Eminent Domain474 words
25. Q. Bribery of Government Officials464 words
26. R. Policy Toward Monopoly362 words
27. Appendix A: On Private Coinage462 words
28. Appendix B: Coercion and Lebensraum3,915 words
29. 1. Introduction: Government Revenues and Expenditures489 words
30. 2. The Burdens and Benefits of Taxation and Expenditures1,198 words
31. 3. The Incidence and Effects of Taxation Part I: Taxes on Incomes A. THE GENERAL SALES TAX AND THE LAWS OF INCIDENCE8,312 words
32. 4. The Incidence and Effects of Taxation Part II: Taxes on Accumulated Capital2,377 words
33. 5. The Incidence and Effects of Taxation Part III: The Progressive Tax1,659 words
34. 6. The Incidence and Effects of Taxation Part IV: The “Single Tax” on Ground Rent4,784 words
35. 7. Canons of “Justice” in Taxation A. THE JUST TAXAND THE JUST PRICE9,793 words
36. D. Voluntary Contributions to Government6,718 words
37. Chapter 5—Binary Intervention: Government Expenditures13,851 words
38. 1. Introduction: Praxeological Criticism of Ethics858 words
39. 2. Knowledge of Self-Interest: An Alleged Critical Assumption816 words
40. 3. The Problem of Immoral Choices1,040 words
41. 4. The Morality of Human Nature461 words
42. 5. The Impossibility of Equality1,458 words
43. 6. The Problem of Security790 words
44. 7. Alleged Joys of the Society of Status1,119 words
45. 8. Charity and Poverty896 words
46. 9. The Charge of “Selfish Materialism”742 words
47. 10. Back to the Jungle?676 words
48. 11. Power and Coercion A. “OTHER FORMS OF COERCION”: ECONOMIC POWER2,331 words
49. 12. The Problem of Luck295 words
50. 13. The Traffic-Manager Analogy130 words
51. 14. Over- and Underdevelopment345 words
52. 15. The State and the Nature of Man417 words
53. 16. Human Rights and Property Rights281,072 words
54. Appendix: Professor Oliver on Socioeconomic Goals6,825 words
55. Chapter 7—Conclusion: Economics and Public Policy3,806 words
56. Index1,290 words