How long does it take to read Human Action?
A Treatise on Economics
Ludwig von Mises, Bettina Bien Greaves
Human Action by Ludwig von Mises, Bettina Bien Greaves takes about 16 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 16 hours 38 minutes
A long haul
First published 1949. 907 pages, about 249,425 words.
34 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 27 hours 43 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 16 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 10 hours 24 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Human Action: A Treatise on Economics" is the first comprehensive treatise on economics written by a leading member of the modern Austrian school of economics. Von Mises contribution was very simple, yet at the same time extremely profound: he pointed out that the whole economy is the result of what individuals do. Individuals act, choose, cooperate, compete, and trade with one another. In this way Mises explained how complex market phenomena develop. Mises did not simply describe economic phenomena - prices, wages, interest rates, money, monopoly and even the trade cycle - he explained them as the outcomes of countless conscious, purposive actions, choices, and preferences of individuals, each of whom was trying as best as he or she could under the circumstances to attain various wants and ends and to avoid undesired consequences. Hence the title Mises chose for his economic treatise, "Human Action."
Subjects: Commerce, Economics, Economic theory & philosophy, Economics - General, Business/Economics, Business & Economics
