Keynes did not teach us how to perform the miracle of turning a stone into bread, but the not at all miraculous procedure of eating the seed corn.
Ludwig von MisesThe standard of living of the common man is higher in those countries which have the greatest number of wealthy entrepreneurs.
Ludwig von MisesThis dilettantish inability to comprehend the essential issues of the conduct of production affairs is not only manifested in the writings of Marx and Engels. It permeates no less the contributions of contemporary pseudo-economics.
Ludwig von MisesEconomic control is not merely control of a sector of human life that can be separated from the rest; it is the control of the means for all our ends.
Ludwig von MisesAll people, entrepreneurs as well as non-entrepreneurs, look askance upon any profits earned by other people. Envy is a common weakness of men. People are loath to acknowledge the fact that they themselves could have earned profits if they had displayed the same foresight and judgment the successful businessman did.
Ludwig von Mises