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INTRODUCTl
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former senior staff member at the Foundation for Economic Education
Mrs. C.reaves ,s one of the leading experts on the ideas and writings of
Ludwig von Mises. and her deep appreciation for his contributions to
economic theory and policy is reflected in the care with which she
transcribed these lectures for eventual pubhcation. They would not be
available now in print if not for her dedication and dihgent scholarship, for
which we are all especially grateful.
When Mises delivered these lectures Marxian sociahsm seemed to be
conquering the world. Despite the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the
colbpse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Marxian criticisms of capitalist
society still set the tone for those around the world who persistently hope
for the end of human freedom and the market economy 20 For that reason,
what Mises had to say more than 50 years ago still has much meaning for
us today
But now, simply enjoy "listening" to the mind of one of the greatest
economists of the twentieth century as you read this book.
19 Ludwig von Mises. 77/f Free Market and Its Enemies: Pseudo- Science, Socialism, and Inflation
(Irvington-on-Hudson. N.Y.: Foundation for Economic Education, 2004).
20 Richard M. Ebcling. "Is the 'Specter of Communism' Still Haunting the World?"
Sotrsfrom FEE (March 2006).