Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow

by Ludwig von Mises, Bettina Bien Greaves (Editor)

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.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781614871460
Publisher:	Liberty Fund, Incorporated
Publication date:	04/14/2010
Series:	Liberty Fund Library of the Works of Ludwig von Mises
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
Sales rank:	564,368
File size:	187 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction by Bettina Bien Greaves ix
Foreword by Margit von Mises xiii

First Lecture Capitalism 1
Second Lecture Socialsm 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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