Ludwig von Mises
economist · 1 mention across 1 reading
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Mises appears primarily as a foundational figure in the libertarian and cyberlibertarian critique of state power that the readings situate within a longer history of Austrian school economics. His equation of government with tyranny undergirds the anti-statist argument that some cyberlibertarian thinkers adopt, making him a crucial intellectual ancestor for understanding how market-fundamentalist philosophy gets grafted onto digital architecture and technology discourse. The reading uses Mises to historicize the ideological assumptions embedded in certain technological visions of decentralization and individual economic sovereignty.
Background
Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises was an Austrian and American political economist and philosopher of the Austrian school. Mises wrote and lectured extensively on the social contributions of classical liberalism and the central role of consumers in a market economy. He is best known for his work in praxeology, particularly for studies comparing communism and capitalism, as well as for being a defender of classical liberalism in the face of rising illiberalism and authoritarianism throughout much of Europe during the 20th century.
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