Theory and History: An Interpretation of Social and Economic Evolution

<div class="group-left col-xs-4 col-xs-4 col-xs-4" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; color: #494e54; float: left; font-family: myriad-pro, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; position: relative; width: 237.765625px;"> <div class="image img-responsive border-secondary" style="border-top-color: rgb(56, 112, 158); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 8px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 5px; max-width: 100%;"> <img alt="Theory and History" height="165" src="https://mises.org/sites/default/files/styles/list_teaser/public/static-page/img/Theory%26History_Mises_20140827_750x516.jpg?itok=9EhP5Vop" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 217.765625px;" title="Theory and History" typeof="foaf:Image" width="240" /></div> <div class="tags" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #788086; font-size: 11px; padding-top: 5px;"> <span class="tag-label bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; padding-right: 5px; text-transform: uppercase;">TAGS</span>&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://mises.org/austrian-school/philosophy-and-methodology" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #788086; text-decoration: none;">Philosophy and Methodology</a></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://mises.org/austrian-school/praxeology" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #788086; text-decoration: none;">Praxeology</a></span></div> </div> <div class="group-right col-xs-8 col-xs-8" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #494e54; float: left; font-family: myriad-pro, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; position: relative; width: 475.546875px;"> <h2 class="teaser-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #00426b; font-family: crimson_text, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 23px; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"> <a href="https://mises.org/library/theory-and-history-interpretation-social-and-economic-evolution-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #38709e; text-decoration: none;">Theory and History: An Interpretation of Social and Economic Evolution</a></h2> <div class="group-date-author" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> <span class="date" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #00426b; font-weight: 600; text-transform: uppercase;">DECEMBER 31, 2014</span><span class="author" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://mises.org/profile/ludwig-von-mises" rel="author" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #00426b; text-decoration: none;">Ludwig von Mises</a></span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> Mises moved beyond economics here to address questions regarding the foundation of all social science. He discusses his methodological dualism: one approach for hard sciences and another for the social sciences.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> Rothbard writes,</div> <blockquote style="border-left-color: rgb(228, 235, 238); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 5px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18.75px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 12.5px 25px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box;"> It is Mises's great methodological work, explaining the basis of his approach to economics, and providing scintillating critiques of such fallacious alternatives as historicism, scientism, and Marxian dialectical materialism.</div> </blockquote> </div> <div class="group-right col-xs-8 col-xs-8" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #494e54; float: left; font-family: myriad-pro, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; position: relative; width: 475.546875px;"> <span style="background-color: white;">&nbsp;</span><a href="http://mp3.anarchistphilosophies.com/theoryandhistory.mp3" style="background-color: #38709e; background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-color: rgb(56, 112, 158); border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" title="Preface Murray N Rothbard.mp3" type="audio/mpeg; length=3886976">Download audio file</a></div> <div class="group-right col-xs-8 col-xs-8" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #494e54; float: left; font-family: myriad-pro, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; position: relative; width: 475.546875px;"> <br /><div class="read-more" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; font-size: 13px; text-transform: uppercase;"> <a href="https://mises.org/library/theory-and-history-interpretation-social-and-economic-evolution-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #788086; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none;">READ MORE</a></div> </div>