How heroically defended freedom· amidst the most ferocious assaults in human history MISES: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY filled many by Bettina Bien Greaves & . \ gaps from Robert W. McGee ""t e.vl . Mises' early reviewed by Jim Powell ~"" years-his World War I marked the beginning of unprec­ precious edented assaults on human freedom. Some 9 mil" Viertna library Bellina Bien Greaves lion people were slaughtered, and hideous socialist was ransacked by Hitler's storm troopers in 1938. governments arose in Europe, Asia and Latin During the 1980s, Seton Hall University account­ America. Another 50 million people were slaugh­ ing professor Robert W. McGee helped her and tered during World War II. Afterwards the socialist nudged her to continue despite mounting complexi­ scourge afflicted millions more. Even in relatively ties. civilized places like the United States, powerful Now you can better appreciate some of the most governments restricted human freedom as never important intellectual struggles which.raged through before. the 20th century. For example, in 1912, the German Among politician Rudolf Hilferding denounced Mises for the ·very saying that money is a market phenomenon­ few indi­ Hilferding insisted money has whatever value poli­ viduals to ticians say; a decade later, he was the man in charge identify of the disastrous German runaway inflation. This the funda­ bibliography enables you to follow the often bitter mental debate about socialism. In 1936, the British social­ causes of ist Harold Laski denounced Mises for not under­ all this car- standing why a super-state. would wither away. nage was Laski's comrade G.D.H. Cole, an avowed Stalin­ the prolific worshipper. denounced Mises for denying "the Austrian actual achievements of the Soviet Union." free mar­ Mises deserves much credit for helping to change ket econo- the future of Europe which stagnated amidst chronic mist Ludwig von Mises. Way back when Lenin was inflation and suffocating restrictions after World above the sod, promoting famine, Mises showed War II. This bibliography illustrates Mises' impact why socialism always means catastrophe. He cou­ on F.A. Hayek, Walter Eucken, Wilhelm Ropke rageously challenged leading socialist intellectuals and Ludwig Erhard, whose ideas turned Germany of the time, and he inspired a cadre of people to toward more open markets in 1948. The result was carry on the struggle for freedom everywhere. an economic "miracle" which influenced policy for His saga comes alive in this lavishly annotated the better in many countries. bibliography compiled mainly by Foundation for That Mises eventually reached a global audience Economic Education scholar Bettina Bien Greaves. was due largely to the energy of a few devoted She discovered M ises material published in Argen­ people-which affirms that individuals really can tina, China, Japan, Poland and South Africa, as well make a difference. The bibiography cites many as Western Europe and the United States. Th.is selections by Hayek, Benjamin Anderson, John bibliography goes far beyond a list of Mises' work, Chamberlain, Lawrence Fertig, , Is­ though, providing vital information about it, repro- rael Kirzner, Sylvester Petro, , Murray . ducing excerpts from books, articles and reviews­ Rothbard, Hans Sennholz and Greaves' late hus­ sometimes entire reviews-which taik aboutMises. band Percy, who did much to familiarize people Greaves translated many selections from German, with Mises' liberating ideas. And there was Rose French and Spanish, and had more translated from Wilder Lane who wrote: "I think that Human Action other languages. is unquestionably the most powerful product of the Greaves has been a Mises scholar for over four human mind in our time." decades, since she attended her first Mises seminar The cut-off date for this bibliography is. 1981- at in 1951. She collected the task had become overwhelming, and Greaves everything she could find by and about Mises. She resolved to see the work in print. Soon, happily, Greaves will begin work on a companion volume. HAVE YOU JOINED THE Meanwhile, you have this one which shows how an authentic intellectual hero dueled with villains and LAISSEZ FAIRE BOOK CLUB? inspired people around the world. Don't miss it. SEE PAGE 2 FOR DETAILS ON LV5747 (cloth) 391p. Pub. Price $29.95 MEMBER DISCOUNTS LF PRICE ONLY $24.95

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