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Economic Freedom and Interventionism (Lib Works Ludwig Von Mises PB)

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Economic Freedom and Interventionism is a collection of essays Mises wrote for general audiences. What is remarkable about this book is its prescience. Mises anticipated so much that would later be confirmed by economic freedom indexes: socialism fails abjectly and interventionism hinders progress.

Economic education is a recurring theme of this book. Mises was not clear as to how the economic literacy of the public might improve. But he did appear to think that America was setting an important example. The retention of a relatively high degree of private enterprise made the superiority of capitalism more apparent.

As such, this is easy reading, compared to other books by Mises. Part I is a defense of capitalism. Here we can see the basic reasons why private capital matters, and how socialism fails. The second part examines intervention and the business cycle. The third part contains various critiques of the writings of other economists and of specific policies by Mises. The final part is on assorted topics, including a very interesting essay on small and big business.

The editor of this anthology did us all a great service with this book. Too few people of the twentieth century learned the lessons of this book. Hopefully people of the twenty first century will take better advantage of these ideas.

This book was amazing. I found all of the information to be very informative and very useful. There are many great works throughout this compilation, and it would be foolish not to add this book to a collection of masterpieces. I strongly earge all people of all ages to look into the purchase this book. It will greatly increase your knowledge and understanding of just what there is out there to learn and understand.