Tensions Between Theory and History in Von Mises's Critique of Socialism

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ID5928017
AutoresEmmanoel De Oliveira Boff (Universidade Federal Fluminense, autor de correspondencia), Emmanoel Boff (Universidade Federal Fluminense)
Año2018
Volumen22
Número2
Fecha de publicación2018-07-16
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaRevista de Economia Contemporânea (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1415-9848 • E-ISSN: 1980-5527
EditorialFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/198055272221
OpenAlexW2883344553
SCIELO_PIDS1415-98482018000200205
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas14

The article investigates the relation between praxeology and history in the critique Mises directs at the possibility of the long-term existence of a socialist commonwealth. We argue that Mises makes no clear distinction between the praxeological concept of 'private property' (associated with the possession of means of production) and the historical concept of the ideal-type 'private property' (associated to property rights - see HODGSON, 2015). The lack of precision between the theoretical and the historical concepts of private property prevents Mises's critique from being an 'exact law', as he would have it. Finally, we show in the last section the consequences for Mises's critique of socialism of having a historical and a praxeological concept of private property

Commonwealth · Economics · Epistemology · Law and economics · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Positive economics · Praxeology · Private property · Socialism · Sociology · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Law · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism