Ludwig von Mises emphasized that economics is the foremost political science of our age. As such, the clarification of the facts on which this science is built, and of the way political conclusions are based on them, is of the greatest practical importance.
Facts and Counterfactuals in Economic Law
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Hülsmann, Jörg Guido. “Facts and Counterfactuals in Economic Law.” Journal of Libertarian Studies 17, No. 1 (2003): 57–102.