Omnipotent Government
The Omnipotent Government provides in economic terms an explanation of the international conflicts that caused both world wars. Although written more than half a century ago, this book’s main theme still stands: government interference in the economy leads to conflicts and wars. The last and best hope for peace is liberalism―the philosophy of liberty, free markets, limited government, and democracy.
The Omnipotent Government is one of the most influential writings in Libertarian social thought and critique of statist ideology and socialism.
It offers a critique of economic interventionism, industrial central planning, the welfare of state, and world government.
This book displays to the full Mises's immense historical knowledge and his unrivaled grasp of economic principles.
It is an indispensable guide to understanding nineteenth and twentieth-century European history.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgment
Introduction
Part I - The Collapse of German Liberalism
I: German Liberalism
II: The Triumph of Militarism
Part II - Nationalism
III: Etatism
IV: Etatism and Nationalism
V: Refutation of Some Fallacious Explanations
Part III - German Nazism
VI: The Peculiar Characteristics of German Nationalism
VII: The Social Democrats in Imperial Germany
VIII: Anti-Semitism and Racism
IX: The Weimar Republic and Its Collapse
X: Nazism as a World Problem
PART IV - The Future of Western Civilization
XI: The Delusions of World Planning
XII: Peace Schemes
Conclusion