Bettina Bien Greaves was a senior scholar of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, she attended Ludwig von Mises’s New York University seminar and worked with Mises as his assistant for many years.
Henry Hazlitt, author, journalist, editor, reviewer, and economist, has written or edited 18 books and countless articles, editorials, and book reviews. He is renowned as a popularizer of sound economic thinking, as a critic of John Maynard Keynes, and as a contributor to moral philosophy.
Hazlitt sees clearly that because capitalism promotes freedom, justice and productivity it has far more right to be called "social" (or "moral") than socialism which in its despotism actually promotes a code of immorality.
The tremendous advances, which have made it possible for women to achieve recognition as persons are undoubtedly due in large part to capitalistic contributions.
Bettina Bien Greaves put this volume together as a one-stop primer in economics that includes the best economic writing she had run across. They are arranged by topic to cover the division of labor, prices, profits, property, competition, saving and
This is a complete economics education for high-school age students. It provides lessons, study questions, activities, and an excellent list of readings for each topic under consideration. Bettina chose well because the readings all hold up, even
An essential companion to all of Mises’s works, this easy-to-use bibliography covers his life from Vienna to New York. It provides summaries of his works and detailed publication information--a real treasure trove. A special treat is the extensive
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