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Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973)

[Created: 15 April, 2021]
[Updated: April 30, 2024 ]

About the Author

See the entry on this author in the Cato Institute's Encyclopedia of Libertarianism (2008) - Leland Yeager, "Mises, Ludwig von (1881-1972)" <https://www.libertarianism.org/topics/mises-ludwig-von-1881-1972>.

The "Profile" on him at the Mises Institute

The most detailed source of information is Guido Hühlsmann's massive biography:

  • Jörg Guido Hülsmann, Mises: The Last Knight of Liberalism (Auburn AL: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2007) in PDF and ePub versions.

About the Texts

Not all texts are available in all formats. The "foundation text" is the facsimile PDF of the original book. Many of these are available in HTML, the early version of which was fairly simple. Current versions are available in "enhanced HTML" which includes the original page numbers and the "citation tool" and is in a more readable format for viewing online. A selection of the more important texts are part of the "Guillaumin Collection" of the great books about liberty and are also available in a variety of eBook formats, such as HTML, PDF, and ePub.

Clicking on the headings "DATE", and "TITLE" will sort the table accordingly. A second click will reverse the order.

 

 

Texts in the Collection

 

  DATE FACS. PDF TITLE EBOOK
  1902

Entwicklung des Gutsherrlich-Bäuerlichen Verhältnisses

Ludwig von Mises, Die Entwicklung des Gutsherrlich-Bäuerlichen Verhältnisses in Galizien (1772-1848) (Wien und Leipzig: Franz Deuticke 1902).

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  1919

Nation, Staat und Wirtschaft

Ludwig Mises, Nation, Staat und Wirtschaft: Beiträge zur Politik and Geschichte der Zeit (Wien und Leipzig: Manzsche Verlags- und Universitäts Buchhandlung, 1919).

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  1920

Wirtschaftsrechnung im sozialistischen Gemeinwesen

Ludwig von Mises, "Die Wirtschaftsrechnung im sozialistischen Gemeinwesen" in Archiv für Sozialwissenschaft und Sozialpolitik, 1920-21, 47: 86-121.

This book is available in various formats:

In German:

In English translation:

  1. translated by S. Adler and published in a collection of essays, In Collective Economic Planning, Friedrich A. Hayek, ed. (1935), "Economic Calculation in the Socialist Commonwealth". Reprinted Clifton, NJ: Kelley Publishing, 1975, pp. 87–130, and Auburn, AL: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 1990. It can be found online at the Mises Institute: <https://mises.org/library/book/economic-calculation-socialist-commonwealth>. And at this website here. and in a parallel version with facing German and English texts.
  2. A revised translation was made by Harald Anderson in 2012 and can be found here: "A New Translation of Mises' 'Economic Calculation in the Socialist Commonwealth'" (April 13, 2012). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2039501 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2039501
  
  1924

Neue Beiträge zum Problem der sozialistischen Wirtschaftsrechnung

Mises would return to the problem of economic calculation under socialism in two further articles published in the 1920s:

Ludwig von Mises, "Neue Beiträge zum Problem der sozialistischen Wirtschaftsrechnung," in Archiv für Sozialwissenschaft und Sozialpolitik 51 (1924). (New Contributions to the Problem of Socialist Economic Calculation) - [facs. PDF]

L. von Mises, "Neue Schriften zum Problem der sozialistische Wirtschaftsrechnung," Archiv für Sozialwissenschaft und Sozialpolitik 60 (1928). (New Papers on the Problem of Socialist Economic Calculation) - [PDF not available]

On these two papers, see Keizer, William. "Two Forgotten Articles by Ludwig von Mises on the Rationality of Socialist Economic Calculation." The Review of Austrian Economics 1, (1987) 109–122.

  
  1926

Interventionismus

Ludwig von Mises, “Interventionismus” Archiv für Sozialwissenschaft und Sozialpolitik Bd. 56, 1926. Republished in the collection Kritik des Interventionismus: Untersuchungen zur Wirtschaftspolitik und Wirtschaftsideologie der Gegenwart. (Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1929).

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  1927

Liberalismus

Ludwig von Mises, Liberalismus (Jena: Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1927).

This book is available in various formats:
  1932

Gemeinwirtschaft (2nd ed.)

Ludwig Mises, Die Gemeinwirtschaft: Untersuchungen über den Sozialismus. Zweite, umgearbeitete Auflage (Jena: Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1932) [1st edition 1922]

This book is available in various formats:
  1940

Nationalökonomie

Ludwig von Mises, Nationalökonomie. Theorie des Handelns und Wirtschaftens (Genf: Editions Union, 1940)

This book is available in various formats:
  1951

Socialism

Ludwig von Mises, Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis. Translated by J. Kahane B.Sc. (Econ.) New Edition, Enlarged With An Epilogue (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1951). First edition London: Jonathan Cape, 1936.

This book is available in various formats: