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Books: Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis by Ludwig von Mises
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Books: Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis by Ludwig von Mises

Chris Spangle
Aug 16, 2020
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Today's book recommendation is a classic work that analyzes socialism from a libertarian framework. It looks at both the economic and social aspects of socialist governments.

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This masterwork is much more than a refutation of the economics of socialism (although on that front, nothing else compares). It is also a critique of the implicit religious doctrines behind Western socialist thinking, a cultural critique of socialist teaching on sex and marriage, an examination of the implications of radical human inequality, an attack on war socialism, and refutation of collectivist methodology. In short, Mises set out to refute socialism, and instead yanked out the egalitarian mentality from its very roots. For that reason, Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis led dozens of famous intellectuals, including a young F.A. Hayek, into a crisis of faith and a realist/libertarian political orientation. All the collectivist literature combined cannot equal the intellectual achievement of this one volume.

To Search for Mises Institute titles, enter a keyword and "LvMI" (short for Ludwig von Mises Institute); e.g., "Depression LvMI"

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