Mises Wire
Author:
Antony P. Mueller
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In his 1922 book on socialism, Die Gemeinwirtschaft , Ludwig von Mises attributes socialism’s attractiveness to the claim that Marx’s doctrine would be both ethical and scientific. In truth, however, Marxism represents a metaphysical dogma that promises an earthly paradise yet threatens civilization itself. Thesis of the Inevitability of Socialism