Interventionism: An Economic Analysis (Liberty Fund Library of Ludwig von Mises)

Mises's analysis of the problems of government interference in business from the Austrian School perspective is provided in Interventionism. Written in 1940, before the United States was officially involved in World War II, this book offers a rare insight into the war economies of Hitler's Germany and Mussolini's Italy. Mises criticizes the pre–World War II democratic governments for favoring socialism and interventionism over capitalist methods of production. He contends that government's economic role should be limited because of the negative political and social consequences of the economic policy of interventionism.

Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973) was the leading spokesman of the Austrian School of economics throughout most of the twentieth century. Bettina Bien Greaves is a former resident scholar and trustee of the Foundation for Economic Education and was a senior staff member at FEE from 1951 to 1999.

The book Interventionism was written in 1940, before the United States officially entered World War II. It provides a rare insight into the war economies of Hitler's Germany and Mussolini's Italy from the Austrian School perspective. Mises, the leading spokesman of the Austrian School of economics throughout most of the twentieth century, criticizes the pre–World War II democratic governments for favoring socialism and interventionism over capitalist methods of production. He argues that the government's economic role should be limited due to the negative political and social consequences of the economic policy of interventionism.

Bettina Bien Greaves, a former resident scholar and trustee of the Foundation for Economic Education, was a senior staff member at FEE from 1951 to 1999. She provides valuable insights into Mises's work and the Austrian School of economics.

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