Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow

by Ludwig von Mises, Bettina Bien Greaves

Overview

Economic Policy contains six lectures Ludwig von Mises delivered in 1959 for the Centro de Estudios sobre la Libertad in Argentina. The lectures were posthumously edited by Mises’s wife, Margit, and George Koether, a student and long-time friend of Mises. This volume serves as an excellent introduction to what Mises sees as the simple truths of history in terms of economic principles. In straightforward language, Mises explains topics such as capitalism, socialism, interventionism, inflation, foreign investment, and economic policies and ideas.

Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973) was the leading spokesman of the Austrian School of economics throughout most of the twentieth century.

Bettina Bien Greaves is a former resident scholar and trustee of the Foundation for Economic Education and was a senior staff member at FEE from 1951 to 1999.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780865977365
Publisher:	Liberty Fund, Incorporated
Publication date:	04/14/2010
Series:	Liberty Fund Library of the Works of Ludwig von Mises
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction Bettina Bien Greaves ix

Foreword Margit von Mises xiii

First Lecture: Capitalism 1

Second Lecture: Socialism 12

Third Lecture: Interventionism 27

Fourth Lecture: Inflation 40

Fifth Lecture: Foreign Investment 54

Sixth Lecture: Politics and Ideas 66

Index 77

Editorial Reviews

Reference & Research Book News
August 2010

This volume presents six lectures by Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973), the prominent economist of the Austrian School, delivered in Argentina in 1959 before an audience of business professionals, professors, teachers, and students.  In the lectures, the core ideas of Mises regarding capitalism, socialism, interventionism, inflation, foreign investment, and politics and ideology are laid out in a non-technical fashion, thereby providing an accessible introduction to this influential economist.

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