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London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., 1938. Book. Very Good Plus. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, Second Printing June 1938, 293 pp. RARE in either the 1st or 2nd printings, and especially so in dust jacket. Very Good Plus, slight browning to cloth at spine ends, in Very Good dust jacket, spine browned, chipping at spine ends and fold corners. Although no indication in the book, from the collection of noted economist George J. Stolnitz, with his scholarly annotations in pencil at margins of Appendix A only from pages 245-290. F. A. Hayek is the most eminent of the modern Austrian economists, and a founding board member of the Mises Institute. Hayek shared the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1974 with Gunnar Myrdal, for their work on money and economic fluctuations, and the interdependence of economic, social and institutional phenomena..

A comprehensive analysis examining the limitations and challenges of socialist countries, with a focus on economic planning and its feasibility.

To determine if a copy of 'Collectivist Economic Planning' is a first edition, one should check for the publication date of 1935, look for mentions of 'First published' or 'First edition' on the copyright page, and confirm the publisher as George Routledge & Sons.