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Uploaded on Feb 23, 2006

What kind of man was Ludwig von Mises? As this unique film shows, Mises (1881-1973) was a man who never stopped fighting for freedom: not when the Nazis burned his books, not when the Left blackballed him at universities, not when it seemed as if statism had won. With courage and genius, he fought big government until the day he died ... in 25 books, hundreds of articles, and more than 60 years of teaching.

Mises's battles against Communists, Nazis, and other socialists, are featured in this film, as are his ideas of Liberty. There is also the old Vienna he loved, the Bolshevik prime minister he dissuaded from Communism, and a cast of villains from Lenin to Hitler, as well as such supporters and students as Murray Rothbard, Ron Paul, Bettina Greaves, M. Stanton Evans, Mary Peterson, Joseph Sobran, and Yuri Maltsev.

Among his many accomplishments, Mises showed that socialism had to fail, that central banking causes recessions and depressions, that the gold standard is honest money, and that only laissez-faire capitalism is fully compatible with Western civilization.

Mises was the twentieth century's foremost economist, and one of its most important champions of Liberty. Here is a film that does justice to this extraordinary man, and to his equally extraordinary ideas.

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  • mark vance

    & 7 Keynesians

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  • Keimh3regPeh2uMeg

    71 Socialists + 7 Keynesians + 4 Fascists = 82 dislikes.

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  • kingbacon

    Fuck Ludwig von Mises in his grave and fuck all the followers he has today. I offer a dihrrea shit into the mouth of Ludwig von Mises. The world and the economy will just take care of itself. If he was right then why is there crises after crises. Oh yeah the government cased the crises. As long as there is a government it will always be their fault.Well,then you're an anarchist and guess what.That's nothing new.

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  • MisesEnForce

    Do anyone here know the compositor(s) of the various pieces of music heard during the documentary ? Especially the one starting at 27:17 ? Thx.

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  • Schweetness101

    & 4 dirty commies

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  • Pablo Jarvis

    It's a shame von M missed out on the delightful financial crisis of 07

    I'm sure he would have pointed the finger at socialism there too, and rightly so

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  • Cindy Chen

    71 Nazis!

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  • Rafael V

    L V Mises stated: "A man who chooses between drinking a glass of milk and a glass of a solution of potassium cyanide does not choose between two beverages; he chooses between life and death. A society that chooses between capitalism and socialism does not choose between two social systems; it chooses between social cooperation and the disintegration of society. Socialism is not an alternative to capitalism; it is an alternative to any system under which men can live as human beings."

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  • Matt Battaglioli

    Who is the guy at 5:15?

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  • orionstarman

    Where do you get that from?

    

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  • Keimh3regPeh2uMeg

    And 4 Fascists. Sorry. It had to be said.

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