About this title: Originally published by Yale University Press in 1944, "Bureaucracy" is a classic fundamental examination of the nature of bureaucracies and free markets in juxtaposition to various political systems. "Bureaucracy" contrasts the two forms of economic management - that of a free market economy and that of a bureaucracy. In the market economy entrepreneurs are driven to serve consumers by their desire to earn profits and to avoid losses. In a bureaucracy, the managers must comply with orders issued by the legislative body under which they operate; they may not spend without authorisation and ...
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Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Libertarian Press, Inc
Date Published: 1983
Description: Good. Black spine, white lettering. Creae on lower right corner of front cover. Rubbed edges and corners. Unmarked pages, tightly bound. May have some shelf wear. read more
Edition: Third Printing
Binding: Cloth Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut
Date Published: 1946
Description: Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Gray with gray on red spine lettering, 125 pages. The book is dull in appearance with some smudging. The pages are a little tanned and there is underlining throughout the book. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arlington House 1969
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780870000683ISBN:0870000683
Description: ISBN 0870000683. Hardcover copy, reprint edition. Very good condition book in a good condition dustjacket. Dustjacket is clean and complete, but has some rubbing on back panel. read more
Description: Good in Good dust jacket; 1969. 0870000683. Book is lightly used, mild edge wear from handling-dust jacket has some edge wear and small edge tears. Book is unmarked. DJ improved with new, clear mylar cover.; Hardcover; Arlington House; New Rochelle NY; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 128 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arlington House
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780870000683ISBN:0870000683
Description: Hardcover, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in poor all round condition, suitable as a reading copy. pp., 350grams, ISBN: 0870000683. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: LIBERTY FUND INC., U.S. Country = UNITED STATES
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780865976634ISBN:0865976635
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 105 pages. Gives a fundamental examination of the nature of bureaucracies and free markets in juxtaposition to various political systems. this book demonstrates how the efficiencies of private ownersh1p and control of public good production ultimately trump the guesswork of publicly administered 'planning' through codes and 'officialdom'. (Hardback) read more
Edition: 2nd Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arlington House, New Rochelle, NY
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780870000683ISBN:0870000683
Description: Fine-/VG+ W/Dust Jacket 128pgs(Index) 1/2" DJ tear, 1/8" DJ scrape mark top fore-edge, o.w. clean, tight & bright. No ink names, bookplates etc. Price unclipped. ISBN 0870000683. read more
"This is a short (100p), excellent book on the difference between bureaucratic and profit-based management. He addresses why a state bureaucracy simply can't run like a business--it doesn't have profit as a goal, so it can't measure its outcomes economically. Rather, it's organized based on the goal of fulfilling a mandate from above, which works for things like police departments, but is disastrous for things like factories. Concise, clear, and very logical."
"Great work by Von Mises, explaining the differences between bureaucratic and profit management, and the advantages and disadvantages of both with a focus on the bureaucratic forms of government and operations of large industries."
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