Biographies

Delivered at the Mises Institute’s 25th Anniversary Celebration, 13 October 2007, in New York City.

Mises knew that Vienna was in even worse shape than after World War I, and this time lacked the leadership to prevent the rampant socialization of the entire country.

But considering the future — as embodied by a mob of college-age kids willing to spontaneously party to benefit a 72-year-old grandfather who promises them nothing other than to leave them alone — maybe, just maybe, I should have a little more [hope].

Last Friday, an

It appears that Garet Garrett’s main economic influence in his early education is Simon Newcomb (1835-1909), who is described

If a regime of complete economic freedom be established, social and political freedom will follow automatically; and until it is established neither social nor political freedom can exist.

Today marks 34 years since the passing of Ludwig von Mises, October 10, 1973. He was 92 years old.

One of the many fascinating footnotes in Dr.

Dad was really crazy in a wonderful sort of way.

James Fenimore Cooper, America’s first great national novelist, widely influenced our literature and Americans’ sense of history in the