“Last Knight” Live Blog 3 -- Ransom

In the second chapter of Hulsmann’s “The Last Knight” we begin to see the biography not just as the youthful adventures and early career of an economist, but as a significant window on important channels in world history — and what will turn out to be a major turning point in the history of Europe and civilization itself. The setting is Vienna — the great capital of “multi-cultural” empire and Western culture, the historic rampart of Christian Europe against Muslim conquest.

Last Knight Live Blog Ch. 1 -- Machaj

Have you ever wondered about the greatness of the book called “Nation, State, and Economy”? Maybe you wondered why that piece from 1919 is so universal and its theses are easily applicable to the modern demo-liberal state? Or maybe you’ve wondered how Mises came up with mostly correct conclusions about secession and self-determination? Well, wonder no more, and instead read the first chapter of Huelsmann’s book. Mises lived in an empire with enormous ethnical and religious diversity.

Last Knight Live Blog 2 Kraus

The Vienna of old days! How was it like? What kind of people would one meet while walking on its streets? Was it a crowded, colorful, noisy and vibrant place comparable to modern metropolises, or was it rather a quiet, dignified, and, perhaps, even a boring old European city? It was, after all, a capital of a huge Empire hosting several dozens nationalities, so at least some color it must have had!
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