Andrew B. Wilson

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Thomas Piketty and Mises’s ‘The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality’

07/11/2014 Mises Daily Andrew B. Wilson

In his short book The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality, Ludwig von Mises explains why Piketty's new anti-capitalist tome is popular among a certain class of people.

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