MISES, Ludwig von.

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The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality. First edition, third printing, with the contemporary blue ink signature of Dean Russell (1915-1998), von Mises's colleague at the renowned Mont Pelerin Society, to front free endpaper. The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality, a key example of von Mises's social philosophy, outlines a spirited defence of the capitalist mindset. Although primarily remembered as an economist, von Mises originally studied social sciences at Vienna, and The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality is primarily concerned with the psychological roots of opposition to capitalism. Its essential contention is that this opposition results from frustrated human ambition: that the very egalitarianism of capitalism - the freedom of anyone to attain the most rarefied and desirable positions in society - opens up a seductive dream which for most will always remain unfulfilled.

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