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  <h1 id="title">Ludwig von Mises</h1>
  
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    <p>Ludwig von Mises was an Austrian School economist, historian, logician, and sociologist. He wrote and lectured extensively on the societal contributions of classical liberalism. He is best known for his work on praxeology studies comparing communism and capitalism. <i>He is considered one of the most influential economic and political thinkers of the 20th century.</i></p>
    
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        The worship of the state is the worship of force. There is no more dangerous menace to civilization than a government of incompetent, corrupt, or vile men. The worst evils which mankind ever had to endure were inflicted by governments.
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        &mdash; Ludwig Von Mises (1985). <cite>“Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War”, Libertarian Press</cite>
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    <h2>Biography</h2>

    <h3>Early life</h3>
    
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      <li><strong>1881</strong> - Mises was born to Jewish parents in the city of Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Lviv, Ukraine).</li>
      
      <li><strong>By the age of 12</strong> - He spoke fluent German, Polish and French, read Latin and could understand Ukrainian.</li>
      
      <li>Mises had a younger brother, Richard, who became a mathematician and a member of the Vienna Circle, and a probability theorist. When Ludwig and Richard were still children, their family moved back to Vienna.</li>
      
      <li><strong>1900</strong> - He attended the University of Vienna, becoming influenced by the works of Carl Menger. </li>
      
      <li><strong>1903</strong> - Mises lost his father.</li>
      
      <li><strong>1906</strong> - He was awarded his doctorate from the school of law.</li>
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    <h3>Life in Europe</h3>    
    
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      <li><strong>1904</strong> - Mises attended lectures given by Austrian economist Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk.</li>
    
      <li><strong>1906</strong> - He graduated (Juris Doctor) and started a career as a civil servant in Austria's financial administration.</li>
    
      <li><strong>1906</strong> - Mises graduated (Juris Doctor) and started a career as a civil servant in Austria's financial administration. After a few months, he left to take a trainee position in a Vienna law firm.</li>
    
      <li><strong>1909</strong> - He joined the Vienna Chamber of Commerce and Industry.</li>
    
      <li>During World War I, Mises served as a front officer in the Austro-Hungarian artillery and as an economic adviser to the War Department.</li>
      
      <li><strong>1934</strong> - He left Austria for Geneva, Switzerland, where he was a professor at the Graduate Institute of International Studies until 1940. While in Switzerland, Mises married Margit Herzfeld Serény, a former actress.</li>
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    <h3>Work in the United States</h3>
    
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      <li><strong>1940</strong> - Mises and his wife fled the German advance in Europe and emigrated to New York City in the United States.</li>
      
      
      <li><strong>1945</strong> - He became a visiting professor at New York University and held this position until his retirement in 1969, though he was not salaried by the university. Businessman and libertarian commentator Lawrence Fertig, a member of the New York University Board of Trustees, funded Mises and his work.</li>
      
    <li><strong>1947</strong> - Mises became one of the founding members of the Mont Pelerin Society, an international organization composed of economists, philosophers, historians, intellectuals and business leaders.</li>

    <li><strong>1962</strong> - He received the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art for political economy at the Austrian Embassy in Washington, D.C.</li>

    <li>Mises retired from teaching at the age of 87 and died at the age of 92 in New York. He is buried at Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York. Grove City College houses the 20,000-page archive of Mises papers and unpublished works. The personal library of Mises was given to Hillsdale College as per his will.</li>
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    <p>Learn more on <a id="tribute-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Mises" target="_blank">Ludwig von Mises' Wikipedia page.</a><p>
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