Is the ‘Human Action’ in Human Action Human Action? Mises, Hayek, and Aristotle on ‘Capitalism’ and Human Flourishing

Ludwig von Mises’s Human Action is a seminal work of Austrian economics. It sets forth Mises’s theory of the acting person and lays the groundwork for a liberal economic order. But is the “human action” which Mises describes in Human Action really human action? Mises, as well as his colleague Friedr...

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Published in:	Studia Gilsoniana
Main Author:	Jason Morgan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	International Étienne Gilson Society 2019-12-01
Subjects:	mises hayek aristotle aquinas human action praxeology constitution of liberty virtue economics
Online Access:	http://cejsh.icm.edu.pl/cejsh/element/bwmeta1.element.desklight-4079432d-bd7a-4b51-bd04-6c6108922641?q=bwmeta1.element.cejsh-d0411c3a-1a18-405e-a235-6d0464a6f99d;4&qt=CHILDREN-STATELESS