Mises Wire

Human Action, Swedish edition

Human Action, Swedish edition

 Or is there?

The Swedish Ludwig von Mises Institute is working on translating (and will then publish) Mises's Human Action: A Treatise on Economics into Swedish. Obviously, a Swedish translation will be more accessible to Swedes than the original English, especially for the older generations who are generally less proficient in English. As Swedes are a comparatively highly educated people, it is not impossible that Human Action can end up on the book shelves in the homes of Swedish Average Joes (Sven?).

Perhaps this is an opportunity to get the sound economic reasoning of Mises into the minds of Swedes and then into the highly progressive Swedish political discourse. Who knows, maybe Human Action could potentially play a similar role in Sweden as the samizdat copies of Hayek's Road to Serfdom played behind the Iron Curtain during the cold war? Whether or not this will actually be the case, Human Action in Swedish would pave the way for Austrian economics in this socialist utopia. Who can argue with such a noble goal?

More information on this project (in English) can be found on the mises.se web site along with a call for support.

All Rights Reserved ©
What is the Mises Institute?

The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. 

Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order. We believe that our foundational ideas are of permanent value, and oppose all efforts at compromise, sellout, and amalgamation of these ideas with fashionable political, cultural, and social doctrines inimical to their spirit.

Become a Member
Mises Institute