Foreign Investments and the Spirit of Capitalism

Marxism Unmasked: From Delusion to Destruction

Tags: Capitalism, Global Economy, Protectionism and Free Trade

07/08/2026 Ludwig von Mises

How the Industrial Revolution and foreign investment made some nations rich while others stayed poor, closing with Mises’s defense of capitalism—not because capitalists are good people, but because the market economy benefits mankind and safeguards freedom.

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Foreign Investments and the Spirit of Capitalism