Human Action
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Human Action is Ludwig von Mises’s seminal treatise on economics and praxeology, presenting a comprehensive defense of classical liberalism and free-market capitalism.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Human Action Context triple: [Ludwig von Mises, notableWork, Human Action]
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The Dance Class
The Dance Class is a renowned 19th-century painting by Edgar Degas depicting ballet dancers rehearsing in an interior studio, celebrated for its innovative composition and candid portrayal of movement.
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Art on the Avenue
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The Dance
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"After the Dance" is a 1939 stage play by British dramatist Terence Rattigan that explores the disillusionment and emotional fallout among the hedonistic "bright young things" of interwar London.
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Target entity: Human Action Target entity description: Human Action is Ludwig von Mises’s seminal treatise on economics and praxeology, presenting a comprehensive defense of classical liberalism and free-market capitalism.
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A.
The Dance Class
The Dance Class is a renowned 19th-century painting by Edgar Degas depicting ballet dancers rehearsing in an interior studio, celebrated for its innovative composition and candid portrayal of movement.
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B.
Art on the Avenue
Art on the Avenue is an annual multicultural arts and music festival held in the Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria, Virginia, featuring local artists, live performances, food, and community activities.
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C.
The Dance
The Dance is a famous early 20th-century painting by Henri Matisse that depicts a circle of nude figures dancing against a vivid, simplified landscape, exemplifying his bold use of color and form in Fauvism.
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Whereabouts
Whereabouts is a reflective, introspective novel by Jhumpa Lahiri that follows an unnamed woman navigating solitude and everyday life in an unnamed Italian city.
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After the Dance
"After the Dance" is a 1939 stage play by British dramatist Terence Rattigan that explores the disillusionment and emotional fallout among the hedonistic "bright young things" of interwar London.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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treatise ⓘ |
| arguesThat |
all economic phenomena result from purposeful human action
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economic calculation requires market prices ⓘ economics is a deductive science based on a priori axioms ⓘ socialism lacks rational economic calculation ⓘ |
| author | Ludwig von Mises ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticizes |
government intervention in markets
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historicism in economics ⓘ positivism in economics ⓘ socialist economic planning ⓘ |
| defends |
economic freedom
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laissez-faire capitalism ⓘ private property ⓘ |
| field |
political economy
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social philosophy ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
business cycle theory
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economic calculation ⓘ interventionism ⓘ market process ⓘ methodological individualism ⓘ monetary theory ⓘ socialism ⓘ subjective theory of value ⓘ |
| genre | non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasEdition | Human Action: A Treatise on Economics ⓘ |
| hasPart |
section on catallactics
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section on economic calculation ⓘ section on human action and rationality ⓘ section on social cooperation and the market economy ⓘ section on socialism ⓘ section on the dynamics of the market ⓘ section on the economics of interventionism ⓘ section on the epistemological problems of economics ⓘ section on the hampered market economy ⓘ |
| influenced |
Austrian School economists
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classical liberal thinkers ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Carl Menger
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Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk ⓘ Friedrich von Wieser ⓘ |
| introducesConcept | praxeology as the science of human action ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
classical liberalism
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economics ⓘ free-market capitalism ⓘ praxeology ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Austrian School of economics ⓘ |
| publisher | Yale University Press ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Ludwig von Mises