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

11/12/2024 Mises Wire Adrian Shephard

Europe was slowly, painfully recovering from WWII. Liberalism—which had seemingly won the day against fascism in the West—was seeking to revitalize itself. It had tried before the war—through the...

Who Killed Liberalism? Remembering the Walter Lippmann-Mises Colloquium

10/11/2024 Mises Wire Adrian Shephard

August 26, 1938: Austria was under Nazi rule, and Czechoslovakia was feared to be next. The world was on the brink of a new war. In Paris, a room full of famed economists met to discuss the future of...

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

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.

Who Killed Liberalism? Remembering the Walter Lippmann-Mises Colloquium

11/11/2024 Adrian Shephard

With Europe moving toward conflict in 1938, a number of economists and other intellectuals met in Paris to try to revitalize liberalism. Ludwig von Mises also was there as a lonely voice defending laissez-faire and the free market economy.

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