Omnipotent Government, 9780865977549
Paperback
Presents an explanation of the international conflicts that caused both world wars. This title provides the main theme: government interference in the economy leads to conflicts and wars. It states that the last and best hope for peace is liberalism - the philosophy of liberty, free markets, limited…

Omnipotent Government

The Rise of the Total State & Total War

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  • Paperback

    345 pages

  • Release Date

    27 April 2011

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Summary

Published in 1944, during World War II, Omnipotent Government was Mises’s first book written and published after he arrived in the United States. In this volume Mises provides in economic terms an explanation of the international conflicts that caused both world wars. Although written more than half a century ago, Mises’s main theme still stands: government interference in the economy leads to conflicts and wars. According to Mises, the last and best hope for peace is liberalism – the philoso…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780865977549
ISBN-10:0865977542
Author:Ludwig von Mises, Ludwig Mises
Publisher:Liberty Fund Inc
Imprint:Liberty Fund Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:345
Release Date:27 April 2011
Weight:578g
Dimensions:155mm x 230mm
Series:Liberty Fund Library of the Works of Ludwig Von Mises
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Critics Review

….Throughout the book Mises alternates between explanations of economic theory and demonstrating the results in practice. He takes the reader through the philosophical arguments and rhetorical tricks of the Marxists and shows the results of such policies. He covers the collapse of the Weimar Republic, how anti-Semitism was hitched to etatism and economic justifications, the rise of National Socialism, the results of central planning, and even how monetary systems and gold standard play into the operation world economies. August 2011

About The Author

Ludwig von Mises

Ludwig von Mises (18811973) was the leading spokesman of the Austrian School of economics throughout most of the twentieth century.

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