Ludwig von Mises
Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis
by Ludwig von Mises, J. Kahane (Translator), Friedrich Hayek (Foreword by)
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Jan Notzon's review Jan 08, 2017 · edit
it was amazing
Read from December 22, 2016 to January 06, 2017
A quite challenging read, it took me a good while to finish. It describes socialism in all aspects: with respect to property, politics, economics, ideology, philosophy, etc. and demonstrates, remarkably clearly, its unworkability (the translator uses the word "impracticability"). I must admit I winced a bit at von Mises description of the romantic (in his view, socialism being a romantic dream) because it so closely described me as a young man: "the romantic imagines the pleasures of success but does nothing to achieve them. He has a grudge against reality because it is not like the dream world he has created."
If you're up for a challenge, I highly recommend this book. If you just want to hear your preconceived ideas regurgitated to you, I can't.
But I do believe every voting member of a democracy should.
by Ludwig von Mises, J. Kahane (Translator), Friedrich Hayek (Foreword by)
12121037
Jan Notzon's review Jan 08, 2017 · edit
it was amazing
Read from December 22, 2016 to January 06, 2017
A quite challenging read, it took me a good while to finish. It describes socialism in all aspects: with respect to property, politics, economics, ideology, philosophy, etc. and demonstrates, remarkably clearly, its unworkability (the translator uses the word "impracticability"). I must admit I winced a bit at von Mises description of the romantic (in his view, socialism being a romantic dream) because it so closely described me as a young man: "the romantic imagines the pleasures of success but does nothing to achieve them. He has a grudge against reality because it is not like the dream world he has created."
If you're up for a challenge, I highly recommend this book. If you just want to hear your preconceived ideas regurgitated to you, I can't.
But I do believe every voting member of a democracy should.
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