We’ve reached the end of Human Action! Tom Woods joins the podcast to discuss Part Seven, “The Place of Economics in Society,” and it’s a show you don’t want to miss.
Woods and host Jeff Deist enjoy an engaging and far-ranging discussion of the book’s place in history, Mises’s frustration with economics co-opting the methods of physical sciences, and the public’s seeming inability to overcome anticapitalist propaganda. Mises concludes his great treatise with unmatched clarity and wisdom, reminding us why economics belongs at the forefront of society—and why we all should retain our unwavering sense of élan vital.
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Additional Resources
The Sociology of the Development of Austrian Economics by Joe Salerno: Mises.org/SalernoHAP
Mises’s Élan Vital : Mises.org/Elan
Human Action: Mises.org/HumanAction
Bob Murphy’s Study Guide to Human Action: Mises.org/Study
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