A Business Week, New York Times Business, and USA Today Bestseller "Ambitious and readable . . . an engaging introduction to the oddsmakers, whom Bernstein regards as true humanists helping to release mankind from the choke holds of superstition and fatalism." —The New York Times "An extraordinarily entertaining and informative book." —The Wall Street Journal "A lively panoramic book . . . Against the Gods sets up an ambitious premise and then delivers on it." —Business Week "Deserves to be, and surely will be, widely read." —The Economist "[A] challenging book, one that may change forever the way people think about the world." —Worth "No one else could have written a book of such central importance with so much charm and excitement." —Robert Heilbroner author, The Worldly Philosophers "With his wonderful knowledge of the history and current manifestations of risk, Peter Bernstein brings us Against the Gods. Nothing like it will come out of the financial world this year or ever. I speak carefully: no one should miss it." —John Kenneth Galbraith Professor of Economics Emeritus, Harvard University In this unique exploration of the role of risk in our society, Peter Bernstein argues that the notion of bringing risk under control is one of the central ideas that distinguishes modern times from the distant past. Against the Gods chronicles the remarkable intellectual adventure that liberated humanity from oracles and soothsayers by means of the powerful tools of risk management that are available to us today. "An extremely readable history of risk." —Barron's "Fascinating . . . this challenging volume will help you understand the uncertainties that every investor must face." —Money "A singular achievement." —Times Literary Supplement "There's a growing market for savants who can render the recondite intelligibly-witness Stephen Jay Gould (natural history), Oliver Sacks (disease), Richard Dawkins (heredity), James Gleick (physics), Paul Krugman (economics)-and Bernstein would mingle well in their company." —The Australian

The Remarkable Story of Risk

Against the Gods

Pieniądz Dług Debt Economic anthropology Economic history

Dlug

Probably the most well-deserved 5 stars I've ever given. Where do I even begin. This book is LONG. Well worth it if you are passionate about the subject material. Whether you agree or disagree with the fundamental ideas of austrian economics, Mises makes you think and seek counterpoints to his arguments. If you are a staunch interventionist, this book will make you sympathize with laissez faire ideals. If you are already a sympathizer, this book will likely capture you. This is a truly comprehensive analysis of free market fundamentals and errors of interventionism. Mises touches on many of the same points that he talked about in the Theory of Money and Credit, but this is only a small portion of the book. Suffice it to say if you are willing to endure an undertaking as large as this book, you will surely be rewarded with a deeper understanding in catallactics, praxeology, and the "myths" of interventionism and socialism.

vol 2

Human Action 2

This book is likely the best thing I’ve ever invested in. Mises is a ferocious thinker - he wastes few words in this tome of a book and he dispels myth after myth. While few people will likely have the patience to read from front to back, this book builds inexorably upon itself to give the reader powerful insights into human action, economics, and the siren call of government intervention.

Can not recommend this more highly. If I could recommend people read one book in their lifetime, it is this.

vol 3

Human Action

Inwestycje Prawdopodobieństwo

Zwiedzeni przez losowosc

Decyzje Niepewność Uncertainty (Information theory) Complexity (Philosophy) Forecasting Prognozowanie Przedsiębiorczość Złożoność Zarządzanie ryzykiem

jak żyć w świecie, którego nie rozumiemy

Antykruchość

Znaczenie tej książki najłatwiej zrozumieć wtedy, gdy zestawi się ją z innymi dziełami Misesa. W pracach z zakresu epistemologicznych podstaw ekonomii Mises zwracał uwagę na aprioryczny charakter nauk ekonomicznych. Uważał, że elementów systemu teoretycznego nie buduje się za pomocą metody eksperymentalnej i gromadzenia danych statystycznych. Takie zagadnienia ekonomiczne, jak: wartościowanie czasu (teoria preferencji czasowej), prawo malejącej użyteczności marginalnej, teoria kosztów komparatywnych, niemożliwość rachunku ekonomicznego w socjalizmie, nieskuteczność kontroli cen, należy rozpatrywać niezależnie od historii. Można je badać i uzasadniać prawdziwość twierdzeń, które ich dotyczą, niezależnie od udokumentowanych studiów historycznych określonego czasu, miejsca, kultury i cywilizacji. [...] Tymczasem w tej książce wyraża dobitnie pogląd, że badania historyczne mają wielkie znaczenie – nie tylko w wymiarze czysto poznawczym, lecz również ze względu na zrozumienie bieżących i przyszłych zdarzeń polityczno-gospodarczych. [...]

Mises docenia znaczenie historii, ale poddaje krytyce niektóre sposoby uprawiania tej nauki: scjentyzm, historyzm i historycyzm. Uważa je za bardzo niebezpieczne punkty zapalne na styku historii i teorii. Wyjaśnienie jego stanowiska jest głównym tematem tej książki.

(Ze Wstępu do wydania polskiego dr. Mateusza Machaja)

Nigdy nie dojdzie do prawdziwego renesansu ekonomii austriackiej, jeśli ekonomiści nie przeczytają tego lekceważonego, niestety, dzieła i nie przyswoją sobie jego zasadniczych nauk. Bez prakseologii ekonomia nie może być ani prawdziwie "austriacka", ani prawdziwie zdrowa.

(Z Przedmowy Murraya N. Rothbarda)

interpretacja procesów społeczno-gospodarczych

Teoria a historia

In 1930 the great economist Keynes predicted that, over the next century, income would rise steadily, people's basic needs would be met and no one would have to work more than fifteen hours a week. Why was he wrong?Robert and Edward Skidelsky argue that wealth is not - or should not be - an end in itself, but a means to 'the good life'. Tracing the concept from Aristotle to the present, they show how far modern life has strayed from that ideal. They reject the idea that there is any single measure of human progress, whether GDP or 'happiness', and instead describe the seven elements which, they argue, make up the good life, and the policies that could realize them.ROBERT SKIDELSKY is Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick. His biography of Keynes received numerous prizes, including the Lionel Gelber Prize and the Council on Foreign Relations Prize for International Relations. He was made a life peer in 1991, and a Fellow of the British Academy in 1994.EDWARD SKIDELSKY is a lecturer in the Philosophy Department of the University of Exeter. He contributes regularly to the New Statesman, Spectator and Prospect. His previous books include The Conditions of Goodness and Ernst Cassirer: The Last Philosopher of Culture.

Money and the Good Life

How Much Is Enough?

In the foreword to Human Action: A Treatise on Economics, Mises explains complex market phenomena as “the outcomes of countless conscious, purposive actions, choices, and preferences of individuals, each of whom was trying as best as he or she could under the circumstances to attain various wants and ends and to avoid undesired consequences.” It is individual choices in response to personal subjective value judgments that ultimately determine market phenomena—supply and demand, prices, the pattern of production, and even profits and losses. Although governments may presume to set “prices,” it is individuals who, by their actions and choices through competitive bidding for money, products, and services, actually determine “prices”. Thus, Mises presents economics—not as a study of material goods, services, and products—but as a study of human actions. He sees the science of human action, praxeology, as a science of reason and logic, which recognizes a regularity in the sequence and interrelationships among market phenomena. Mises defends the methodology of praxeology against the criticisms of Marxists, socialists, positivists, and mathematical statisticians. Mises attributes the tremendous technological progress and the consequent increase in wealth and general welfare in the last two centuries to the introduction of liberal government policies based on free-market economic teachings, creating an economic and political environment which permits individuals to pursue their respective goals in freedom and peace. Mises also explains the futility and counter-productiveness of government attempts to regulate, control, and equalize all people’s circumstances: “Men are born unequal and … it is precisely their inequality that generates social cooperation and civilization.”

A treatise on Economics

Human Actions vol 1

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