1900 - 1929

Economic Calculation In The Socialist Commonwealth — This is the 1920 article that started it all. Ludwig von Mises sets out the idea that an economy with no private property in the means of production has no way of calculating costs.

Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis — Published originally in German in 1922. This book takes the core ideas in Economic Calculation in the Socialist Commonwealth & applies them to all contemporary forms of socialism. Authored by Ludwig von Mises.