Omnipotent government: the rise of the total state and total war

In: The Liberty Fund library of the works of Ludwig Von Mises

Abstract

Ludwig von Mises was the leading exponent of the Austrian School of economics throughout most of the twentieth century. He has long been regarded as a most knowledgeable and respected economist, even though his teachings were generally outside the mainstream. He wrote twenty-five books and hundreds of articles on human action, free markets, and political economy.