The Greatest Thinker

The Greatest Thinker You've Never Read: Ludwig von Mises:

Ludwig von Mises can no longer teach us economics in person. His astounding intellectual contributions live on, though, in his writings and in the passion for truth that shines through almost every word. Unfortunately, the people who most need to read Mises probably won’t. In this light, I can close with nothing better than the sober warning Mises offers in the last few sentences of Human Action:

“The body of economic knowledge is an essential element in the structure of human civilization; it is the foundation upon which modern industrialism and all the moral, intellectual, technological, and therapeutical achievements of the last centuries have been built. It rests with men whether they will make the proper use of the rich treasure with which this knowledge provides them or whether they will leave it unused. But if they fail to take the best advantage of it and disregard its teachings and warnings, they will not annul economics; they will stamp out society and the human race.”