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Ludwig von Mises : Scholar, Creator, Hero
1. The Young Scholar; 2. The Theory of Money and Credit; 3. The Reception of Mises and of Money and Credit; 4. Mises in the 1920 Economic Advisor to the Government; 5. Mises in the 1920 Scholar and Creator; 6. Mises in the 1920 Teacher and Mentor; 7. Exile and the New World; 8. Mises the Man.
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Published January 1, 1988
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Murray N. Rothbard
283 books1,119 followersMurray Newton Rothbard was an influential American historian, natural law theorist and economist of the Austrian School who helped define modern libertarianism. Rothbard took the Austrian School's emphasis on spontaneous order and condemnation of central planning to an individualist anarchist conclusion, which he termed "anarcho-capitalism".
In the 1970s, he assisted Charles Koch and Ed Crane to found the Cato Institute as libertarian think tank.
In the 1970s, he assisted Charles Koch and Ed Crane to found the Cato Institute as libertarian think tank.
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May 5, 2012
Just reread this great little 1988 biography of Mises by Rothbard. It's a wonderful intro to Mises, that fills in much more about him and his ideas than the excellent, but quite short essay by Rothbard: "The Essential von Mises."
Rothbard is a truly knowledgeable student and fan of Mises and the writing shows it. Rothbard pulls no punches in his defense of Mises and his ideas and in his attacks on those who have denigrated him or his ideas over the years.
To those who know more about Hayek than Mises, I highly recommend this book. You should know what Rothbard says about Hayek. But please be warned, there are strong words about Hayek here, you may find out things you just did not want to acknowledge.
To those who have only read Mises' economics books, you will love this short biography, which gives important background on his works and the setting in which they were written.
This book is an excellent stepping stone for those who might really want to learn even more about Mises, but may not be quite ready for the massive Ludwig von Mises: Last Knight of Liberalism, the definitive biography (at over 1100+ pages) by Hülsmann.
Enjoy.
P.S. This book is available at www.mises.org as a free PDF.
My copy, an original 1988 paperback version, virtually fell apart when I read it over the last couple days. That original binding's glue or whatever method &/or materials used was just not up to snuff, even though the paper quality was just fine - no yellowing or obvious aging at all.
P.P.S. I remembered another part I thought might be interesting to mention. Rothbard wrote (p.56) "Mises was horrified to see...the Nazi destruction of his personal library and papers,..." when they took over Austria (the Anschluss) in 1938. Well, about 15 years ago, Richard Ebeling found out that Mises' papers were NOT destroyed by the Nazi's, but actually kept and catalogued by them. Then the Soviets captured them after the war and took them to Russia and kept them too! Ebeling with the aid of his Russian wife found them and copied them and brought back the copies. What a story. http://www.fff.org/comment/ed0397e.asp
Rothbard is a truly knowledgeable student and fan of Mises and the writing shows it. Rothbard pulls no punches in his defense of Mises and his ideas and in his attacks on those who have denigrated him or his ideas over the years.
To those who know more about Hayek than Mises, I highly recommend this book. You should know what Rothbard says about Hayek. But please be warned, there are strong words about Hayek here, you may find out things you just did not want to acknowledge.
To those who have only read Mises' economics books, you will love this short biography, which gives important background on his works and the setting in which they were written.
This book is an excellent stepping stone for those who might really want to learn even more about Mises, but may not be quite ready for the massive Ludwig von Mises: Last Knight of Liberalism, the definitive biography (at over 1100+ pages) by Hülsmann.
Enjoy.
P.S. This book is available at www.mises.org as a free PDF.
My copy, an original 1988 paperback version, virtually fell apart when I read it over the last couple days. That original binding's glue or whatever method &/or materials used was just not up to snuff, even though the paper quality was just fine - no yellowing or obvious aging at all.
P.P.S. I remembered another part I thought might be interesting to mention. Rothbard wrote (p.56) "Mises was horrified to see...the Nazi destruction of his personal library and papers,..." when they took over Austria (the Anschluss) in 1938. Well, about 15 years ago, Richard Ebeling found out that Mises' papers were NOT destroyed by the Nazi's, but actually kept and catalogued by them. Then the Soviets captured them after the war and took them to Russia and kept them too! Ebeling with the aid of his Russian wife found them and copied them and brought back the copies. What a story. http://www.fff.org/comment/ed0397e.asp
March 25, 2018
Excellent short biography of Mises.
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