What these self-styled “anticommunist liberals” are fighting against is not communism as such, but a communist system in which they themselves are not at the helm.
Ludwig Von Mises
Ludwig Von Mises (1881-1973) was the 20th century's foremost economist. He was the author of Human Action, Socialism, and a dozen other works.
The Anti-Capitalist Mentality: The Noneconomic Objections to Capitalism (Part 4 of 5)
Changes in human conditions are brought about by the pioneering of the most clever and most energetic men. They take the lead and the rest of mankind follows them little by little. The innovation is first a luxury of only a few people, until by degrees it comes into the reach of the many.
The Anti-Capitalist Mentality: Literature Under Capitalism (Part 3 of 5)
The tycoon of the book market is the author of fiction for the masses.
The Anti-Capitalist Mentality: The Failure To Comprehend The Nature of Capitalism (Part 2 of 5)
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 Anti-Capitalist Mentality: Why Do People Loathe Capitalism? (Part 1 of 5)
On the the social characteristics of capitalism and the psychological causes of Its vilification.
The Myth of the Failure of Capitalism
The nearly universal opinion expressed these days is that the economic crisis of recent years marks the end of capitalism. Capitalism allegedly has failed, has proven itself incapable of solving economic problems, and so mankind has no alternative, if it is to survive, than to make the transition to a planned economy, to socialism.
Laissez Faire vs. Interventionism
In eighteenth-century France the saying laissez faire, laissez passer was the formula into which some of the champions of the cause of liberty compressed their program. Their aim was the establishment of the unhampered market society. In order to attain this end they...
Interventionism vs Capitalism: The Myth of the “Third-way” (4 of 4)
The idea that there is a third system — between socialism and capitalism, as its supporters say — a system as far away from socialism as it is from capitalism but that retains the advantages and avoids the disadvantages of each — is pure nonsense.
Interventionism vs Capitalism: A Historical Example (3 of 4)
Analyzing interventionism during the First World War in Germany and England.
Interventionism vs Capitalism: The Price Control (2 of 4)
Let us consider one example of interventionism, very popular in many countries and tried again and again by many governments, especially in times of inflation. I refer to price control. Governments usually resort to price control when they have inflated the money...
Interventionism vs Capitalism: On The Proper Role Government (1 of 4)
A famous, very often quoted phrase says: "That government is best, which governs least." I do not believe this to be a correct description of the functions of a good government. Government ought to do all the things for which it is needed and for which it was...
Socialism: Inability of Economic Calculation (4 of 4)
The fact is that economic calculation, and therefore all technological planning, is possible only if there are money prices, not only for consumer goods but also for the factors of production.
Socialism: Central Planning vs The Freedom to Plan (3 of 4)
The socialist system, however, forbids this fundamental freedom to choose one’s own career. Under socialist conditions, there is only one economic authority, and it has the right to determine all matters concerning production. One of the characteristic features of our...
Socialism: Class Warfare vs. Harmony of Interests (2 of 4)
In a capitalist society, there is continuous mobility—poor people becoming rich and the descendants of those rich people losing their wealth and becoming poor.
Socialism: Freedom vs. Slavery (1 of 4)
The idea of government as a paternal authority, as a guardian for everybody, is the idea of those who favor socialism.
Capitalism: Capital and Wages (3 of 3)
The capitalist system was termed “capitalism” not by a friend of the system, but by an individual who considered it to be the worst of all historical systems, the greatest evil that had ever befallen mankind. That man was Karl Marx.
Capitalism: Opposition from the Intellectuals (2 of 3)
In spite of all its benefits, capitalism has been furiously attacked and criticized. It is necessary that we understand the origin of this antipathy.
Capitalism: Mass Production and the Standard of Living (1 of 3)
The mere fact that you are living today is proof that capitalism has succeeded, whether or not you consider your own life very valuable.
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