Author : Jörg Guido Hülsmann
Publisher : Ludwig von Mises Institute
ISBN 13 : 1610167694
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (11 download)
Book Synopsis Abundance, Generosity, and the State by : Jörg Guido Hülsmann
Download or read book Abundance, Generosity, and the State written by Jörg Guido Hülsmann and published by Ludwig von Mises Institute. This book was released on 2024-03-11 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human action is usually driven by the desire to obtain more for less, and, ideally something for nothing. This has sometimes been called the economic principle. The wish to “get free stuff” pervades all times and places, all sectors of the economy, all ages, and all social backgrounds. The very selfishness for which the market economy is often chided is, at bottom, a universal quest to obtain goods for free. Jörg Guido Hülsmann sets out to explore the boundaries of this endeavor. He investigates the nature, forms, causes, and consequences of gratuitous goods and concludes that they thrive within a free economy. But generosity and gratuitous abundance tend to be undermined and reversed by central banking and the welfare state. Dr Hülsmann is a professor of economics at the University of Angers in France. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Mises Institute and a corresponding member of the Pontifical Academy for Life.