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Ludwig von Mises Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises (; 29 September 1881 – 10 October 1973) was an Austrian School economist, historian, logician, and Sociology, sociologist. Mises wrote and lectured extensively on the societal contributions of classical liberali ...

, first published in German by

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in 1922 under the title ''Die Gemeinwirtschaft: Untersuchungen über den Sozialismus''.

Translations

The book was first translated into English from the second reworked German edition (Jena: Gustav Fischer Verlag, 1932) by J. Kahane and published by

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in 1936. In 1951 the translation was reworked with the assistance of the author and published by

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in New Haven with the addition of an epilogue by Mises, originally published in 1947 as '' Planned Chaos'' by the

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Publication history

In German

* ''Die Gemeinwirtschaft: Untersuchungen über den Sozialismus'',

: Gustav Fischer Verlag, 1922. * ''Die Gemeinwirtschaft: Untersuchungen über den Sozialismus'',

: Gustav Fischer Verlag, 1932. * ''Die Gemeinwirtschaft: Untersuchungen über den Sozialismus'',

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: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2007. (reprint of 2nd German edition)

In Swedish

* ''Kapitalism och socialism i de liberala idéernas belysning''. Stockholm: Norstedt, 1930.

In English

* ''Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis''.

, 1936 * ''Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis''. New Haven:

, 1951. * ''Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis''. London: Jonathan Cape, 1969 * ''Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis''. Indianapolis, IN: Liberty Fund, 1981. . * ''Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis''. Auburn, AL: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 200x. .

In Portuguese

* ''Socialismo: Uma Análise Econômica e Sociológica''. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Konkin, 2022.

In Italian

* ''Socialismo: analisi economica e sociologica''. Milano: Rusconi, 1990.

In Russian

* ''Sot︠s︡ializm: ėkonomicheskiĭ i sot︠s︡iologicheskiĭ analiz''. Moskva: Obshchestvo "Catallaxy", 1994, 199).

In Turkish

* ''Sosyalizm: İktisadi ve sosyolojik bir tahlil''. Ankara: Liberte Yayınları, 2007.

In Chinese

* 社会主义 : 经济与社会学的分析 / ''She hui zhu yi : Jing ji yu she hui xue de fen xi''. 中国社会科学出版社, Beijing : Zhongguo she hui ke xue chu ban she, 2008.

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