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LARGE PRINT EDITION More at LargePrintLiberty.com
These are difficult times for those who love freedom. But they are
nothing like what Mises faced during his life. He prevailed, and
his Memoirs explain how. We can learn from Mises in this respect
too. "How one carries on in the face of unavoidable catastrophe is
a matter of temperament," wrote Ludwig von Mises in his private
memoir of his life in Europe. It was true in his time and it is
true in ours. This new translation and edition of Mises's moving
account of his life, published by the Mises Institute, provides not
only deeply fascinating personal history; it also functions as a
moral and spiritual guide for any lover of liberty during times of
despotism. It was written during and after his immigration to the
United States in 1940. Despite being driven from his home, seeing
his country taken over by a foreign dictator, having his books
burned and his papers stolen, and finally pushed out of the
sanctuary he had for six years, he never lost determination and
never doubted the truth of liberty.
LARGE PRINT EDITION More at LargePrintLiberty.com
Professor Block's book is in a new edition from the Mises
Institute, completely reset and beautifully laid out in an edition
worthy of its contents. It is among the most famous of the great
defenses of victimless crimes and controversial economic practices,
from profiteering and gouging to bribery and blackmail. However,
beneath the surface, this book is also an outstanding work of
microeconomic theory that explains the workings of economic forces
in everyday events and affairs. Murray Rothbard explains why:
"Defending the Undefendable performs the service of highlighting,
the fullest and starkest terms, the essential nature of the
productive services performed by all people in the free market. By
taking the most extreme examples and showing how the Smithian
principles work even in these cases, the book does far more to
demonstrate the workability and morality of the free market than a
dozen sober tomes on more respectable industries and activities. By
testing and proving the extreme cases, he all the more illustrates
and vindicates the theory." F.A. Hayek agreed, writing the author
as follows: "Looking through Defending the Undefendable made me
feel that I was once more exposed to the shock therapy by which,
more than fifty years ago, the late Ludwig von Mises converted me
to a consistent free market position. ... Some may find it too
strong a medicine, but it will still do them good even if they hate
it. A real understanding of economics demands that one disabuses
oneself of many dear prejudices and illusions. Popular fallacies in
economics frequently express themselves in unfounded prejudices
against other occupations, and showing the falsity of these
stereotypes you are doing a real services, although you will not
make yourself more popular with the majority."
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