The Nationalization of Credit?

Tags: Interventionism, Money and Banking, Bureaucracy and Regulation

07/13/2026 Ludwig von Mises

The essay added later to the collection: a critique of proposals to nationalize banking and credit, weighing bureaucratic against profit management and warning of credit overexpansion and immobilization.

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The Nationalization of Credit?