The Washington Times July 19, 1999 While Beethoven is widely hailed for his symphonic efforts, the writings and career of his Germanic kinsman, Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973), have never received similar exposure and status–despite the latter’s groundbreaking achievements in economic science. While the names of Marx, Keynes, Samuelson, Friedman,
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the monetary philosophies of some of the leading Jacksonian economic theorists, as revealed during their opposition to the Second Bank of the United States. The analysis will be conducted from an Austrian school monetary framework, because its proponents have developed the theory of money to the fullest
Journal of Libertarian Studies 11, no. 1 (1994) The eighteenth-century opponents of the U.S. Constitution have been derided by some historians as politically naive and intellectually inferior to their Federalist counterparts. A noted chronicler of the Antifederalists labeled them as “men of little faith” due to their distrust of government. In one
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The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard.
Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order. We believe that our foundational ideas are of permanent value, and oppose all efforts at compromise, sellout, and amalgamation of these ideas with fashionable political, cultural, and social doctrines inimical to their spirit.
