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
1 The slogan “economic democracy”
2 The consumer as the deciding factor in production
3 Socialism as expression of the will of the majority
[print edition page xiii]
1 Capitalistic ethics and the impracticability of Socialism
2 The alleged defects of capitalist ethics
CHAPTER 33—THE MOTIVE POWERS OF DESTRUCTIONISM
1 The nature of destructionism
3 The destructionism of the literati
CHAPTER 34—THE METHODS OF DESTRUCTIONISM
CHAPTER 35—OVERCOMING DESTRUCTIONISM
1 The “interest” as an obstacle to destructionism
THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF MODERN SOCIALISM
[print edition page xiv]
1 The Failure of Interventionism
2 The Dictatorial, Anti-Democratic and Socialist Character of Interventionism
6 The Liberation of the Demons
9 The Teachings of Soviet Experience
10 The Alleged Inevitability of Socialism
[print edition page xv]
PUBLISHER’S PREFACE TO THE LIBERTY FUND EDITION
Socialism, by Ludwig von Mises, was originally published in German under the title Die Gemeinwirtschaft:
