{"product_id":"the-free-market-and-its-enemies-pseudoscience-socialism-and-inflation-mises-seminar-lectures-vol-i-9781572462083","title":"The Free Market and its Enemies: Pseudo-Science  Socialism  and Inflation (Mises Seminar Lectures  Vol. I)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a \"new\" book by Ludwig von Mises  the first of a series of lecture transcripts drawn from careful notes taken by Bettina Bien Greaves in the summer of 1951. It features Mises in a role in which we do not usually find him  not as a writer but as a speaker of enormous erudition and power. There are nine lectures in this book: Economics and its Opponents; Pseudo-Science and Historical Understanding; Acting Man and Economics; Marxism  Socialism  and Pseudo-Science; Capitalism and Human Progress; Money and Inflation; The Gold Standard: Its Importance and Restoration; Money  Credit  and the Business Cycle; and The Business Cycle and Beyond. If one has doubts about the method by which this book came about  it only takes a quick glance to see that these must be very faithful renderings of what he said in his famous New York seminar. The brilliance  determination  and unique Misesian perspective are all here. Plus  we find him commenting on matters one usually doesnt find in his others books  such as the impact that Plato had on the classical world  the place of Rousseau in history  the role of liberalism on the Continent as versus England  the impact of Poincare and Einstein  as well as passing comments on everything from banking debates of the 19th century as well as the role of ideology in modern life. A thrilling aspect of the book is how one can almost hear Mises speaking as you read through the prose. The reader senses that he or she is right there in the room with Mises as professor and teacher  generously sharing his reflections on theory  history  and politics. So  for example  Mises begins his 5th lecture: \"I want to start tonight with the relations between economics and human practical life  and the consequences of the development of the theory of economics. Kipling said....\" None of us have the chance to study directly under Mises  but this book gets us as close to that ideal as is possible.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45275941077045,"sku":"ByrdShop_1572462086","price":98.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781572462083.jpg?v=1780518877","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-free-market-and-its-enemies-pseudoscience-socialism-and-inflation-mises-seminar-lectures-vol-i-9781572462083","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}