Professor Ludwig von Mises Discusses Free Enterprise

The Austrian-born North American economist, writer, and teacher, Ludwig von Mises, who, we are informed, arrived from New York early yesterday morning, spoke with us about his activities in Buenos Aires.

Dr. Mises, who was born in Austria and moved to the United States in 1940, has been a member and consultant of the Foundation for Economic Education in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York, since 1946. He also teaches at the business administration school of New York University (NYU) and is the author of many books on economics, translated into Spanish, including, The Theory of Money and Credit, Omnipotent Government, and The Anti-capitalistic Mentality.

He has also given talks on his areas of expertise in Great Britain, Holland, Germany, France, Italy, and other countries.

In Buenos Aires, he will give a series of talks in the Faculty of Economic Sciences with the sponsorship of the Center for the Promotion of the Free Economy, chaired by Mr. Alberto Benegas Lynch.

Free Enterprise

The visitor told us he “deeply believes in the benefits of free enterprise,” and considers that “only a free-market economy can resolve the problems of the current world, at the national as well as in the international level, including — he added — the question of peace between nations.”

Dr. Mises insisted that “most international conflicts could be eliminated by the general acceptance of the principles of free trade and the conditions of a free economy.”

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