Niebuhr, My God, to Thee

Tags: Book Reviews, Economic Freedom, Socialism, World History

11/21/2022 David Gordon

Lutheran theologian Reinhold Niebuhr attracted numerous followers in postwar America in part because of his attacks on the free market. Perhaps he should have read Mises.

Original Article: “Niebuhr, My God, to Thee”

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