Ludwig von Mises Books

Shortly after fleeing a war-torn Europe, Ludwig von Mises completed his trilogy on economic systems in the United States. This concise treatise, published posthumously in 1998, addresses a world caught between failing planned economies and struggling free markets. Mises warns that mixed economic systems lead to political instability and stagnation, supporting his claims with a model of interventionism and analyses of price control, credit expansion, subsidies, welfare, corporatism, and the war economy. Notably, he discusses the draft as a form of socialism. This work is essential for understanding the post-socialist era and should not be confused with his earlier critique on price control. The volume includes an introduction and chapters covering topics such as capitalism vs. socialism, the roles of capitalist and socialist states, and various forms of economic interference, including restrictive measures and price controls. Mises examines the consequences of these interventions, such as unemployment and inflation, as well as issues related to credit expansion and capital flight. This book serves as a crucial resource for comprehending the complexities of economic systems and their implications.

"Translated from the second German edition (published 1932) of the author's Die Gemeinwirtschaft."

Reprint. Originally published: New Haven: Yale University Press, 1949 [c1949].

This book presents the theoretical and practical arguments for liberalism. Mises contrasts liberalism with other conceivable systems of social organization such as socialism, communism, and fascism. He is also more specific here than elsewhere in applying the liberal program to economic policy, domestic and foreign.

The Theory of Money and Credit integrated monetary theory into the main body of economic analysis for the first time, providing fresh, new insights into the nature of money and its role in the economy and bringing Mises into the front rank of European economists. The Theory of Money and Credit also presented a new monetary theory of the trade cycle, which, under further development by Mises’s student Nobel Laureate F. A. Hayek, came to challenge all previous trade-cycle theories. Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973) was the leading spokesman of the Austrian School of economics throughout most of the twentieth century. Please note: This title is available as an ebook for purchase on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iTunes.

2009 Reprint of original 1956 edition. Paperback, 114pp. Mises wrote and lectured extensively on behalf of classical liberalism and is seen as one of the leaders of the Austrian School of economics. Mises introduced praxeology as a more general conceptual foundation of the social sciences and established that economic laws were only arrived at through the means of methodological individualism firmly rejecting positivism and materialism as a foundation for the social sciences. Many of his works were on two related economic themes:1. Monetary economics and inflation; 2. The differences between government controlled economies and free trade.

Booms and busts are not endemic to the free market, argues the Austrian theory of the business cycle, but come about through manipulation of money and credit by central banks. In this monograph, Austrian giants explain and defend the theory against alternatives. Includes essays by Mises, Rothbard, Haberler, and Hayek. In his later years, Professor Haberler distributed many of these monographs to friends and associates. New edition with an introduction by Roger Garrison and an index.

We can't sit under Mises at his famous Vienna private seminar. We can't go back in time and attend his New York seminar, or follow him to his speaking engagements that he held in the 50s and 60s. But thanks to this second volume in a thrilling series (here is volume one), we do have access to what he said. He is warm, funny, passionate, and learned. This book provides a candid look at the man and his teaching style. It demonstrates his dazzling command over the material, and teaches in a breezier way than his treatises. This volume contains nine lectures delivered over one week, from June 23, to July 3, 1952, at the San Francisco Public Library. Mises was at his prime as a teacher and lecturer. He shares a lifetime of learning on topics that were (and remain) central to American public life. As the title indicates, his main focus is on Marxism. He discusses Marx and his place in the history of ideas, the destruction wrought by his dangerous ideology, the manner in which his followers h