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Ludwig von Mises

Austrian economist, 1881 to 1973

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Argued that socialist economies cannot calculate costs without market prices, a central claim of the Austrian school, and defended classical liberalism from Vienna to New York.

Ludwig von Mises sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly free market and strongly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly free market on economy, strongly libertarian on liberty and authority and strongly tech-optimist on technology. The profile is close to the middle on institutions.

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Where Ludwig von Mises sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyStrongly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyStrongly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsCentered on institutions
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Ludwig von Mises

Austrian schoolAn economic tradition that stresses individual choice, sound money and skepticism about…99%MinarchismLimits the state to a minimal "night-watchman" role of courts, police and defense.99%Classical liberalismIndividual rights, limited government, free markets and the rule of law.98%Techno-libertarianismBelieves that digital technology, encryption and open markets can shrink the state and…95%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Ludwig von Mises Institute, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.