The Battle on Lake Geneva—Mises vs. the Statists at Mont Pelerin

Tags: Interventionism, Philosophy and Methodology, Socialism, World History

12/15/2024 Adrian Shephard

The original Mont Pelerin Society meeting in 1947 featured Ludwig von Mises, whose warnings about the dangers of socialism and totalitarianism had gone unheeded. In the wreckage of World War II, the truth of his message should have been obvious. It wasn’t.

Original article: The Battle on Lake Geneva—Mises vs. the Statists at Mont Pelerin

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