Mises, Ludwig von#
b. Lvív, Ukraine (then Lemberg), Sept. 29, 1881, d. New York (USA), Oct. 10, 1973, political economist, brother of Richard von Mises. Studied law in Vienna, from 1906 member of Chamber of Trade and Commerce in Vienna (head of the financial department); 1918 professor at the University of Vienna and from 1934 teacher at the Institut des Hautes Études Internationales in Geneva. 1938 dismissed by the National Socialists, 1940 emigrated to the USA; 1945-1969 lecturer at the Graduate School of Business Administration, New York University. In 1927 founded with F. A. von Hayek the Vienna Institute for Business Research (today Oesterreichisches Institut fuer Wirtschaftsforschung ).
Works#
Theorie des Geldes und der Umlaufmittel, 1912; Nation, Staat und Wirtschaft, 1919; Die Gemeinwirtschaft, 1922; Liberalismus, 1927; Grundprobleme der Nationaloekonomie, 1933; Human Action, 1949; Theory and History, 1957.Literature#
Wirtschaftspolitische Blaetter, vol. 4, 1981; Grosse Wirtschaftsdenker, ed. by the Oesterreichische Volkswirtschaftliche Gesellschaft, 21994; K. R. Leube, Ueber L. v. M., 1996; NDB.