Ludwig von Mises

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Mises: Defender of Freedom

by Redmond Weissenberger posted in Capitalism, Education, History.
Free_Mises

Please note, due to a software glitch, we are unable to properly attribute the Author - the Author is George Reisman
Today, September 29, 2006 is the one-hundred-and-twenty-fifth anniversary of the birth of Ludwig von Mises, economist and social

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Classical Liberalism and Property

by Ludwig von Mises posted in Capitalism, Economics, History, Socialism.
Yeoman_Farmer

Human society is an association of persons for cooperative action. As against the isolated action of individuals, cooperative action on the basis of the principle of the division of labor has the advantage of greater productivity. If a number of

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Capitalism, Happiness, and Beauty

by Ludwig von Mises posted in Capitalism, Economics, Philosophy, Politics.
confessions_shopaholic

The following was excerpted from The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality
Critics level two charges against capitalism: First, they say, that the possession of a motor car, a television set, and a refrigera­tor does not make a man happy. Secondly, they add that there

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A Webb of Lies

by Wendy McElroy posted in Capitalism, History, Politics, Socialism.
Sidney Webb - Founder of the Fabian Socialists

In The Foundations of Leninism, Stalin declared “For the overthrow of the bourgeoisie, we must have the efforts of the proletarians of several advanced countries.” What he secured instead was the slavish devotion of Western intellectuals who claimed to represent

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Mises Canada Store is Live

by Redmond Weissenberger posted in Capitalism, Economics, Education.
Britnell

The Ludwig von Mises Institute of Canada is proud to announce that the Mises.org catalogue is now being carried by Britnell in Canada.
Britnell is carrying a total of 33 titles, including the best of Murray Rothbard, Walter Block, Ludwig von

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