Ludwig von Mises on Peace and Social Cooperation

Tags: Free Markets, War and Foreign Policy

05/29/2025 Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.

The free market replaces the struggle for survival found in the animal world with social cooperation in which everybody benefits. Capitalism is a system of peace, not war.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/ludwig-von-mises-peace-and-social-cooperation

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