Ludwig von Mises
Born September 29, 1881; Died October 10, 1973

"Economics deals with society's fundamental problems; it concerns everyone and belongs to all. It is the main and proper study of every citizen."

When Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises died in New York City in 1973 at the age of 92, there was no front-page obituary in the New York Times. But believers in liberty knew that a giant had fallen.

The Complete Mises Bibliography, interactive with existing texts
Who was Mises? by Jörg Guido Hülsmann
Tributes to Mises by Economists, Journalists, and Others.
Mises's books and essays at the Scholars Page
Books and Essays by Mises (complete text)
Mises Speaks! on .mp3 files
Songs from the Mises-Kreis from interwar Austria, with lyrics by philosopher Felix Kauffman
The Story of the Lost Papers

More from the von Mises website:

Monetary Policy and the Free Market
The fundamental issue in banking and monetary policy, writes Guido Hülsmann, is whether government can improve the monetary institutions of the unhampered market. All government intervention in this field boils down to schemes that increase the quantity of money beyond what it otherwise would be. Such schemes confer no social benefit but rather only serve redistributive purposes.

Why Politicians Sell Out
Remedies for government failure must be radical in nature. Wishing and waiting for an "army" of Mr. Smiths or pre-Beltway Phil Gramm thinkalikes to arrive in Washington D.C. is naïve. Better public-sector outcomes must wait not upon better people but upon a better system that does not permit some to live at others' expense.

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