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
unemployment doe granted
Assistance granted to the unemployed does not dispose of unemployment. It makes it easier for the unemployed to remain idle.
money war doe
War can really cause no economic boom, at least not directly, since an increase in wealth never does result from destruction of goods.
business political doe
The market economy as such does not respect political frontiers. Its field is the world.
government example doe
History does not provide any example of capital accumulation brought about by a government. As far as governments invested in the construction of roads, railroads, and other useful public works, the capital needed was provided by the savings of individual citizens and borrowed by the government.
law doe action
What is a loophole? If the law does not punish a definite action or does not tax a definite thing, this is not a loophole. It is simply the law.
government giving doe
The truth is that the government cannot give if it does not take from somebody...It is not in the power of the government to make everybody more prosperous.
perfect doe liable
The living is not perfect because it is liable to change; the dead is not perfect because it does not live.
actors doe action
It is impossible to describe any human action if one does not refer to the meaning the actor sees in the stimulus as well as in the end his response is aiming at.
military wish doe
The situation of having to belong to a state to which one does not wish is no less onerous if it is the result of an election than if one must endure it as the consequence of a military conquest.
religious believe logical-arguments
No one should expect that any logical argument or any experience could ever shake the almost religious fervor of those who believe in salvation through spending and credit expansion.
men way wealth
A wealthy man can preserve his wealth only by continuing to serve the consumers in the most efficient way.
income wealth enterprise
In capitalist enterprise there is no secure income and no security of wealth.
causes wealth mass
The wealth of the well-to-do of an industrial society is both the cause and effect of the masses' well-being.
school citizens incentives
The policies advocated by the welfare school remove the incentive to saving on the part of private citizens.