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Human Action
Ludwig von Mises ISBN 9781614878377
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Ludwig von Mises ISBN 9781614878377
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This book by Ludwig von Mises has come up 2 times on Lex Fridman. 2 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Javier Milei, Robert Breedlove. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2021-04-17 and the most recent from 2024-11-19. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
"Human Action: A Treatise on Economics" is the first comprehensive treatise on economics written by a leading member of the modern Austrian school of economics. Von Mises contribution was very simple, yet at the same time extremely profound: he pointed out that the whole economy is the result of what individuals do. Individuals act, choose, cooperate, compete, and trade with one another. In this way Mises explained how complex market phenomena develop.
“the experience of reading Human Action by mises... I started to read this book right from the first page and I didn't stop until I finished it and that was a true revolution in my head”— Javier Milei
The guest here is Javier Milei: President of Argentina, an economist and self-described anarcho-capitalist who campaigned wielding a chainsaw to symbolize cutting state bureaucracy. He took office in late 2023 with the country on the brink of hyperinflation and roughly 50% poverty. Argentina's anarcho-capitalist president Javier Milei details his radical free-market reforms, war on corruption, and philosophy of freedom.
“I would challenge them to read the book Human Action WR by written by misus I think in 1949 he published the English version”— Robert Breedlove
The guest here is Robert Breedlove: A philosopher of money and Bitcoin advocate, former crypto hedge-fund manager and CPA, and host of the 'What Is Money?' podcast known for marathon first-principles explorations of economics and civilization. Robert Breedlove builds a sweeping first-principles case that money is speech, energy, and morality, and that Bitcoin fixes the world by fixing the money.
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