Human Action, Ludwig von Mises
Human Action, Ludwig von Mises
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Human Action
A Treatise on Economics

Author: Ludwig von Mises

Narrator: Bernard Mayes

Unabridged: 42 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/05/2011

Synopsis

Ludwig von Mises is to economics what Albert Einstein is to physics. Human Action is his greatest work: a systematic study that covers every major topic in the science of economics. It is also one of the most convincing indictments of socialism and statism ever penned. When it first appeared in 1949, it ignited an eruption of critical acclaim. Rose Wilder Lane wrote, I think Human Action is unquestionably the most powerful product of the human mind in our time, and I believe it will change human life for the better during the coming centuries as profoundly as Marxism has changed all of our lives for the worse in this century. Henry Hazlitt wrote, It should become the leading text of anyone who believes in freedom, in individualism, and in a free market economy. This book is a universally recognized classic in the field of modern economics.

About Ludwig von Mises

Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973) earned his doctorate in law and economics from the University of Vienna in 1906. In 1926, Mises founded the Austrian Institute for Business Cycle Research. From 1909 to 1934, he was an economist for the Vienna Chamber of Commerce. Before the Anschluss, in 1934 Mises left for Geneva, where he was a professor at the Graduate Institute of International Studies until 1940, when he emigrated to New York City. From 1948 to 1969, he was a visiting professor at New York University.

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Goodreads review by Paul on April 14, 2013

One of the most important books of the 20th century, not yet as influential as it deserves to be. I was brought to this book in 2009 after a growing feeling of dissatisfaction with "expert" explanations being offered for the various financial and economic calamities that seemed to be happening worldw......more

Goodreads review by Patrick on March 07, 2024

2021-09-15 - Just noting that the first edition of Human Action was published on this day, in 1949! Another good little reason to check it out. 2009-March - This book is one of the greatest of the 20th century and will endure as a bright beacon of wisdom for centuries to come. I began this book in a c......more

Goodreads review by Clif on July 11, 2024

(original review 2009. A 2024 update has been added) Ludwig von Mises is a major contributor to what is called the Austrian School of economics. Human Reason is his magnum opus, a thorough-going look at the way that the innate human desire to decrease uneasiness is the pursuit for which capitalism is......more

Goodreads review by Brian on March 23, 2016

There cannot be a serious conversation about economics without Mise's. Human Action is the definition of Free Market and delivers the goods for a just economy while cutting down to size any alternative economic system. This is a "must read in your lifetime" book. The sooner the better......more

Goodreads review by P.E. on May 23, 2023

The market nexus A thorough and rigorous development on what the author calls praxeology, i.e. the study of human action, especially how it manifests itself in the economy. Recommended to me by Patrick Peterson, I would like to thank him for the heads-up as this work proved worth the time and effort......more

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