von Mises, Ludwig
(29 September 1881–10 October 1973)
- Jörg Guido Hülsmann
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von Mises, Ludwig (29 September 1881–10 October 1973), economist and social philosopher, was born Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (today, Lviv, Ukraine), the son of Arthur von Mises, a railroad engineer and civil servant, and Adele von Mises, born Adele Landau. Von Mises was still a small boy when his family moved to Vienna. In 1892 he entered the ...