mck@ratex.UUCP (Daniel Kian Mc Kiernan) (01/23/85)
>About a year ago, some one brought up von Mises in this group. Perhaps it was >you, Dan. Nope; I wasn't on the net back then, and I'm riding shockwaves now. > Here's one bombast who went to the library, took it out, and paged >through it for an hour or so. Wasn't overly impressed with his arguments. Wow! Then do what no Socialist before you has been able to do: refute it! It would guarantee you a doctorate in economics, and the overwhelming respect of European economists. Not to mention the gratitude that would be showered upon you by your fellow Socialists. >What socialists praised his work? Bernstein, probably. Oskar Lange: 'it was his powerful challenge that forced the socialists to recognize the importance of an adequate system of economic accounting to guide the allocation of resources in a socialist economy.' ('On the Economic Theory of Socialism'). If there's a good reason, I can dig-up other references, but you must understand that my library is rather large and frighteningly disorganized. Daniel Kian Mc Kiernan