Bertrand de Jouvenel

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01/11/2016 Bertrand de Jouvenel

After many years of being out of print, this classic treatise from the brilliant political philosopher De Jouvenel (1952) provides an answer to a critical question: what is morally wrong with the idea of political management of incomes? Nearly every

Order vs. Organization

11/14/2011 Mises Daily Bertrand de Jouvenel

We are enamored of order; this passion runs through all of mankind, from the housewife to Einstein.

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