Socialism and Utopia

Tags: Calculation and Knowledge, Other Schools of Thought, Political Theory

11/05/2026 Ludwig von Mises

Mises opens with an argument that concedes the Marxist premise and still refuses the conclusion: no one escapes death, and recognizing that hardly obliges us to hasten it. He then establishes the common ground—liberals and socialists both seek the greatest welfare for the greatest number—and locates the real dispute in capital accumulation, and in who does the saving.

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