I finally finished Mises: The Last Knight of Liberalism, by Jorg Guido Hulsmann. Reading the reports on Mises.org, I understand that with any work, there are criticisms to be had. I suppose I must joint he choir in saying that the greatest criticism was that it wasn’t long enough. There are so many questions that appear to my mind. While Mises and his intellectual achievements are well represented, Mises, the person, remains ever obscure. But that is what he desired, that is what he attempted to accomplish in destroying so much of all that was personal to him. In a strange way, the Nazi’s and Communists are responsible for much that we know about the personal Mises, that and the few accounts of people close to him. But there are so many friends and people that appear throughout the books, and their stories are yet untold, and even their interactions with Mises are limited to only a few pages or a few words. Hulsmann had quite a challenge and he did splendidly.
Interesting review of Last Knight
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