Economic progress is the work of the savers, who accumulate capital, and of the entrepreneurs, who turn capital to new uses.
LUDWIG VON MISESThe causes of all panics, crashes and depressions can be summed up in only four words: the misuse of credit.
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In such vital matters blind reliance upon ‘experts’ and uncritical acceptance of popular catchwords and prejudices is tantamount to the abandonment of self-determination and to yielding to other people’s domination.
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If we live our lives as a gift it is possible to reach a blissful state of eternal happiness. It is those who live their life with a sense of entitlement that undermine peace , freedom and liberty.
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Economic prosperity is not so much a material problem; it is, first of all, an intellectual, spiritual, and moral problem.
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It is vain to fight totalitarianism by adopting totalitarian methods. Freedom can only be won by men unconditionally committed to the principles of freedom.
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The final outcome of the credit expansion is general impoverishment.
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Depressions and mass unemployment are not caused by the free market but by government interference in the economy.
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The riches of the rich are not the cause of the poverty of anybody; the process that makes some people rich is, on the contrary, the corollary of the process that improves many peoples want satisfaction.
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Laissez faire does not mean: let soulless mechanical forces operate. It means: let individuals choose how they want to cooperate in the social division of labor and let them determine what the entrepreneurs should produce.
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The causes of all panics, crashes and depressions can be summed up in only four words: the misuse of credit.
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The entrepreneur profits to the extent he has succeeded in serving the consumers better than other people have done.
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There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion.
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This is what capitalism, the much abused profit system, has brought about and brings about daily anew. Yet, most present-day governments and political parties are eager to destroy this system.
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Freedom really means the freedom to make mistakes.
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The criterion of truth is that it works even if nobody is prepared to acknowledge it.
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The market is a democracy in which every penny gives a right to vote.
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