History of the Austrian School of Economics

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Dan Sanchez

Imagine a world in which the works and ideas of Ludwig von Mises had been neglected and ultimately forgotten.

Claude Frédéric Bastiat

We see men who clap their hands when a great invention is introduced, and who nevertheless adhere to protectionism. Such men are grossly inconsistent!

Claude Frédéric Bastiat

"What should we do in case of war," it is said, "if we are placed at the mercy of England for iron and coal?"

Claude Frédéric Bastiat

Ignorance is incorrigible in those who venture to proclaim that there are no absolute principles.

Claude Frédéric Bastiat

The system of protection and the colonial system are only two aspects of one and the same theory.

Claude Frédéric Bastiat

The opponents of free trade are not men of practice; they are men of abstraction — and of extortion.

Claude Frédéric Bastiat

Is it true that protection, which admittedly makes you pay dearer for everything, and entails a loss on you in this respect, raises your wages?

Ludwig von Mises

There is only one thing that is certain about the individual's future & death.

Thomas J. DiLorenzo
The idea is to explain and apply what is, in fact, a distinctive theory that represents the culmination of centuries of development of political thought.
Joseph T. Salerno

I highly recommend Robert Murphy's insightful evaluation of Murray Rothbard's <em>Man, Economy, and State</em> on the 50th anniversary of its publication.