Nothing, however, is as ill founded as the assertion of the alleged equality of all members of the human race.

War can really cause no economic boom, at least not directly, since an increase in wealth never does result from destruction of goods.

The direction of all economic affairs is in the market society a task of the entrepreneurs. Theirs is the control of production. They are at the helm and steer the ship. A superficial observer would believe that they are supreme. But they are not. They are bound to obey unconditionally the captain's orders.

Neither the entrepreneurs nor the farmers nor the capitalists determine what has to be produced. The consumers do that.

The inequality of income and fortunes is essential in capitalism.

The wealth of the well-to-do of an industrial society is both the cause and effect of the masses' well-being.

The desire for an increase of wealth can be satisfied through exchange, which is the only method possible in a capitalist economy, or by violence and petition as in a militarist society, where the strong acquire by force, the weak by petitioning.