Theory and History. An Interpretation of Social and Economic Evolution.

Published by New Haven: Yale University Press, 1957

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First edition, presentation copy to Robert Hessen, inscribed by Mises on the front free endpaper, "To Robert Hessen, Ludwig Mises." Hessen, a historian of American economic and business history at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, was also editor and secretary to Ayn Rand. One of the last major works by the libertarian philosopher, economist, and historian, this is "a sweeping epistemological vindication of the case for liberty and capitalism" (Hülsmann, p. 956). Here Mises refines his case for laissez-faire capitalism from an "epistemological point of view". In particular, he argues that "the only scientific interpretation of social reality was based on economics and history, and that the conclusions of both these disciplines led to the more speculative conclusions of utilitarian philosophy as he understood it. He showed that the major alternative approaches - Marxism, positivism, and historicism - despite their pretensions to science, were untenable on epistemological grounds" (Hülsmann, pp. 949-50). Greaves & McGee B-20. Jorg Guido Hulsmann, Mises: The Last Knight of Liberalism, 2007. Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Spine ends lightly rubbed, spine of jacket darkened, front panel marked, 4 cm clean tear to head of rear joint; a very good copy in a good jacket.…

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Theory and History. An Interpretation of Social and Economic Evolution.
Author
MISES, Ludwig von.
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New Haven: Yale University Press, 1957
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