Notes on the Contributors
Part One: Grato Animo Beneficiique Memores
I. The Intransigence of Ludwig von Mises
II. On Reading von Mises
by WILLIAM E. RAPPARO
III. Two of Ludwig von Mises’ Most Important Works
by HENRY HAZLITT
Part Two: On the Nature of Man and Government
IV. Order vs. Organization
by BERTRAND DE JOUVENEL
THIS paper deals with man’s taste in configurations and consequences arising therefrom. “The Problem of the Orchard” may introduce the subject better than any abstract statement.
V. On Democracy
by HANS F. SENNHOLZ
THE major conflict of our time is the struggle between the “People’s Democracies” and the “Western Democracies.” Both sides claim to represent the “true” democracy and the truly democratic way of life. Each side claims to represent a system of society that is diametrically opposed to that of the other, based on contradicting beliefs and values and on distinct systems of economic organization.
VI. The Road to Totalitarianism
by HENRY HAZLITT
IN SPITE of the obvious ultimate objective of the masters of Russia to communize and conquer the world, and in spite of the frightful power which such weapons as guided missiles and atomic and hydrogen bombs may put in their hands, the greatest threat to American liberty today comes from within. It is the threat of a growing and spreading totalitarian idealogy.
VII. The Greatest Economic Charity
by F. A. HARPER
WHEN asked to contribute an essay to Professor Mises’ Festschrift, I was at first inclined to dip my pen in the well of humility and then lay it aside unused. On what economic theme has Professor Mises himself failed to write with a superiority to anything I could offer? Yet honor is due him. So I trust that friends of this great and patient teacher will tolerate an essay’s imperfections for the sake of the spirit of an offering.
