Michael A. Heilperin

Articles

Economic Nationalism: From Mercantilism to World War II

11/18/2019 Mises Daily Michael A. Heilperin

The rulers of that period had far-reaching powers over the activities of their subjects, while individual liberties were largely submerged.

Aristotelian Self-Sufficiency through the Middle Ages

06/28/2010 Mises Daily Michael A. Heilperin

Obviously the word [mercantilism] can only be used within strict limitations, but, alien as the conception of a national economy still was to the governments of the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries, it is plain from their conduct that they desired to protect the industry and commerce of their subjects against foreign competition, and even, here and there, to introduce new forms of activity into their countries.

Prosperity vs. Peace

03/26/2022 Mises Daily Michael A. Heilperin

The collectivistic and neomercantilistic writers of today seek prosperity along a road that necessarily takes us further and further away from peace.

Publications

Aspects of the Pathology of Money

07/20/1968 Michael A. Heilperin

Professor Heilperin was the outstanding monetary theorist before and after the Second World War who explained the inflation dangers associated with monetary nationalism, and called for a new international monetary system based on gold: not a gold

International Monetary Economics

06/15/1939 Michael A. Heilperin

Michael Heilperin was a friend and colleague of Ludwig von Mises’s in Geneva, and his specialization was the international monetary system. He applied the Austrian theory of the business cycle along with his knowledge of the balance of payments to

The Trade of Nations

02/15/1952 Michael A. Heilperin

Originaly published in 1947, Heilperin’s The Trade of Nations represented — in the words of the original Preface — “an attempt to re-examine the problems of international trade, finance, and money, with special reference to the tasks of peace-making

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Prosperity vs. Peace

06/01/2010 Michael A. Heilperin

Collectivism and interventionism emphasize the importance of national boundaries. Indeed, they make territorial expansion once more worthwhile because, within the wider area, there are more resources and a greater scope for planning, writes Michael A

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