Middle-of-the-Road Policy Leads to Socialism

Tags: Austrian Economics Overview, Political Theory

06/27/2008 Ludwig von Mises

This address was originally delivered before the University Club of New York on April 18, 1950. This audio essay is narrated by Gennady Stolyarov, II.

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