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
men luxury want
It is solely bigness in business which makes it possible to supply the masses with all those products the present-day American common man does not want to do without. Luxury goods for the few can be produced in small shops. Luxury goods for the many require big business.
people entrepreneur want
The riches of the rich are not the cause of the poverty of anybody; the process that makes some people rich is, on the contrary, the corollary of the process that improves many peoples want satisfaction. The entrepreneurs, the capitalists and the technologists prosper as far as they succeed in best supplying the consumers.
historical-knowledge world want
Historical knowledge is indispensable for those who want to build a better world
money want public-opinion
Public opinion always wants easy money, that is, low interest rates.
want boundaries should
A nation, therefore, has no right to say to a province: You belong to me, I want to take you. A province consists of its inhabitants. If anybody has a right to be heard in this case it is these inhabitants. Boundary disputes should be settled by plebiscite.
want citizens fellows
He who is unfit to serve his fellow citizens wants to rule them.
want way economic
The meaning of economic freedom is this: that the individual is in a position to choose the way in which he wants to integrate himself into the totality of society.
want failing humans
All attempts to coerce the living will of human beings into the service of something they do not want must fail
peace war want
Whoever wants peace among nations must seek to limit the state and its influence most strictly.
people want dictator
The planner is a potential dictator who wants to deprive all other people of the power to plan and act according to their own plans. He aims at one thing only: the exclusive absolute preeminence of his own plan.
people political want
No people and no part of a people shall be held against its will in a political association that it does not want.
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.