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  Human Action, Part Five, Chapter XXV. The Impossibility of Economic Calculation under Socialism

  The director wants to build a house. Now, there are many methods that can be resorted to. Each of them offers, from the point of view of the director, certain advantages and disadvantages with regard to the utilization of the future building, and results in a different duration of the building's serviceableness; each of them requires other ... The director wants to build a house. Now, there are many methods that can be resorted to. Each of them offers, from the point of view of the director, certain advantages and disadvantages with regard to the utilization of the future building, and results in a different duration of the building's serviceableness; each of them requires other expenditures of building materials and labor and absorbs other periods of production. Which method should the director choose?

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  The Hidden in the Text (4, 5, 6)

  "Hidden in the text" is an attempt to draw attention to the social importance of the issue of codes of culture. "Transitions" in modern culture determine themselves consistently, after that the associated change of codes, the change in attitude towards the text, the link between written word and language of visual communication, the abilities to ... "Hidden in the text" is an attempt to draw attention to the social importance of the issue of codes of culture. "Transitions" in modern culture determine themselves consistently, after that the associated change of codes, the change in attitude towards the text, the link between written word and language of visual communication, the abilities to extract hidden meaning in the text… To illustrate the latter serves as a reflection on two works of Roland Barthes - "The structural analysis of narrative" and "S/Z".

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  Normative Projections of Public and Private Interest in the Work of Civil Servants

  The most trivial finding is that since there are state, there are government officials. Countries, however, are quite different in character, which makes difference in the work of their civil servants. This "artificiality" of the civil service makes significant the question for it's constructiveness, and in modern societies, an essential tool for ... The most trivial finding is that since there are state, there are government officials. Countries, however, are quite different in character, which makes difference in the work of their civil servants. This "artificiality" of the civil service makes significant the question for it's constructiveness, and in modern societies, an essential tool for the construction of social reality are the laws and their implementation through the legal system.