Ludwig von Mises
Ludwig von Mises
Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Miseswas a theoretical Austrian School economist. He is best known for his work on praxeology, a study of human choice and action. Mises emigrated from Austria to the United States in 1940. Mises's writings have exerted significant influence on the libertarian movement in the United States since the mid-20th century...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionEconomist
Date of Birth29 September 1881
CountryAustria
Ludwig von Mises quotes about
freedom men civilization
Western civilization is based upon the libertarian principle, and all its achievements are the results of the action of free men.
civilization culture standards
A higher standard of living also brings about a higher standard of culture and civilization.
civilization principles alternatives
The market system is the basis of our civilization. Its only alternative is the Führer principle.
taken years civilization
To the masses, the catchwords of Socialism sound so enticing... so they will continue to work for Socialism, helping thereby to bring about the inevitable decline of the civilization which the nations of the West have taken thousands of years to build up.
civilization east essentials
The essential characteristic of Western civilization that distinguishes it from the arrested and petrified civilizations of the East was and is its concern for freedom from the state.
men civilization facts
Our whole civilization rests on the fact that men have always succeeded in beating off the attack of the re-distributors.
art mean civilization
If history could prove and teach us anything, it would be the private ownership of the means of production as a necessary requisite of civilization and material well-being. All civilizations have up to now been based on private property. Only nations committed to the principle of private property have risen above penury and produced science, art, and literature. There is no experience to show that any other social system could provide mankind with any of the achievements of civilization.
civilization theory decline
My theories explain, but cannot slow the decline of a great civilization. I set out to be a reformer, but only became the historian of decline.
civilization division-of-labor development
We owe the origin and development of human society and, consequently, of culture and civilization, to the fact that work performed under the division of labor is more productive than when performed in isolation.
civilization peaceful operations
Civilization is a work of peaceful co-operation.
philosophy men civilization
Economics must not be relegated to classrooms and statistical offices and must not be left to esoteric circles. It is the philosophy of human life and action and concerns everybody and everything. It is the pith of civilization and of man's human existence.
war men civilization
If men do not now succeed in abolishing war, civilization and mankind are doomed.
mean civilization wish
The foundation of any and every civilization, including our own, is private ownership of the means of production. Whoever wishes to criticize modern civilization, therefore, begins with private property.
wisdom civilization achievement
The body of economic knowledge is an essential element in the structure of human civilization; it is the foundation upon which modern industrialism and all the moral, intellectual, technological, and therapeutical achievements of the last centuries have been built.