One year after the death of his great teacher, Murray Rothbard wrote The Essential von Mises in order to inspire a new generation to take up the Misesian cause in economic theory and political action. His task was to provide an overview of Mises's writings and to describe their place in the social sciences.
It achieved extraordinary fame. We might even say that it has been more responsible for immortalizing Mises than any other essay ever written.
Here it is coupled with an outstanding biographical piece that Rothbard wrote in the 1990s, "Scholar, Creator, Hero." This goes into greater biographical depth and incorporates many discoveries made in the course of 20 years.
Therefore this book might be called "Rothbard on Mises," but it really serves as the best short introduction to Misesian thought ever to appear in print.
Look no further for the essentials of the great man and thinker than in this punchy primer.
