Front Matter

The Mises Institute, founded in 1982, is a teaching and research center for the study of Austrian economics, freedom, and peace. We work with students, faculty, business leaders, and anyone else interested in these ideas. In support of the school of thought represented by Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard, we provide books, conferences, online education, and media. For we seek a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order.

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Abraham Lincoln: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Reproduction No. LC-USZ6-2064 DLC

Harry S. Truman: U.S. Army, courtesy of Harry S. Truman Library

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Index prepared by Marilyn Tenney.

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Digital edition September 2013 by the Mises Institute

ISBN: 978-0-945466-29-1

eISBN: 978-1-61016-614-0