tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post7615473122893819086..comments2024-03-22T11:55:50.335+13:00Comments on Not PC: Why Mises “should be awarded an immediate posthumous Nobel Prize indeed, more than one”Peter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-67272493569941568142017-01-26T16:30:56.103+13:002017-01-26T16:30:56.103+13:00Paul, what you did was show the problem of using q...Paul, what you did was show the problem of using quotations without their full context -- and trying to use "gotcha" moments instead of serious discussion.<br />As to your alleged main point, I'm not here to defend Mises's praxeology, but to praise his economics. The former is epistemological, and is weak; the latter is better than world-class, and in Human Action is one of the 20th century's best integrations of the subject.Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-40925249209809336582017-01-26T16:16:45.232+13:002017-01-26T16:16:45.232+13:00Peter you were unaware that Mises had endorsed fas...Peter you were unaware that Mises had endorsed fascism, and when I provided the quote including "the merit fascism has won for itself will live on eternally in history" you tried to rationalise away your ignorance.<br /><br />However my main point was that they don't give noble prizes for "praxeology", which is the economic equivalent of homeopathy. This point wasn't contested, for obvious reasons.Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-64273956364421354352017-01-25T14:25:37.511+13:002017-01-25T14:25:37.511+13:00If you think that evidence was uncontested, and yo...If you think that evidence was uncontested, and you aren't aware of what Paul was trying to imply, then I have a bridge I'd like to sell you.Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-21739699515237344362017-01-25T12:24:20.287+13:002017-01-25T12:24:20.287+13:00Just happening by I notice Paul wrote "Mises ...Just happening by I notice Paul wrote "Mises also endorsed fascism" and supported that with uncontested evidence and not "Mises also endorsed Hitler" as some seem to imply.<br /><br />Calling him a liar seems an error worthy of apology.Fentexhttp://zymopinion.nznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-23179355723434170572016-10-11T17:00:34.025+13:002016-10-11T17:00:34.025+13:00See what you described in two sentences Mark? Mise...See what you described in two sentences Mark? Mises could have done the same. Instead he droned on like Grandpa Simpson, seemingly forgetting that he had described fascism as "winning merit that will live on eternally in history" on the previous page.<br /><br />That's to say nothing of his "praxeology" which is a complete load of shit from every angle.<br /><br />In short: not Nobel prize material. Not even close. Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-45279262731347349382016-10-11T13:52:10.757+13:002016-10-11T13:52:10.757+13:00Paul - What part of "emergency makeshift"...Paul - What part of "emergency makeshift" do you not understand? He's acknowledging that fascism in the 1920's fought off the communist threat, but then goes on to clearly say it's not an ideology that represents any long term solution. I could equally acknowledge the merit of Soviet troops in decisively beating Hitler, but doesn't mean I'm praising communism.MarkThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06199883270652041621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-64513986793210033072016-10-10T18:28:50.019+13:002016-10-10T18:28:50.019+13:00Sounds like you need to learn how to read, "P...Sounds like you need to learn how to read, "Paul."Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-60113388397699263822016-10-10T17:08:41.048+13:002016-10-10T17:08:41.048+13:00So he praised fascism in one paragraph then critic...So he praised fascism in one paragraph then criticised it in another. So what? At best he was confused. Sounds like Trump respecting women on one hand & grabbing them by the pussy with the other. Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-5561556698750373662016-10-10T13:31:59.744+13:002016-10-10T13:31:59.744+13:00You are clearly dishonest, or you would cite the q...You are clearly dishonest, or you would cite the quote's context and date, which is 1927, several years before Hitler emerged, and before Mussolini fully exposed his own evil -- and you would quote the <a href="https://mises.org/library/liberalism-classical-tradition/html/p/29" rel="nofollow">full section</a>, in which Mises calls fascism "evil" several years before virtually anyone else recognised this, and just ten years before Mises was hounded out of Austria by the fascists:<br /><br /><i>"But though its policy has brought salvation for the moment, it is not of the kind which could promise continued success. Fascism was an emergency makeshift. To view it as something more would be a fatal error...<br /> "Many people approve of the methods of Fascism, even though its economic program is altogether antiliberal and its policy completely interventionist, because it is far from practicing the senseless and unrestrained destructionism that has stamped the Communists as the archenemies of civilization. Still others, in full knowledge of the evil that Fascist economic policy brings with it, view Fascism, in comparison with Bolshevism and Sovietism, as at least the lesser evil. For the majority of its public and secret supporters and admirers, however, its appeal consists precisely in the violence of its methods."</i><br /><br />So, "Paul," please piss off with your dishonesty.Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-91178788111069042592016-10-10T11:44:00.387+13:002016-10-10T11:44:00.387+13:00"It cannot be denied that Fascism and similar..."It cannot be denied that Fascism and similar movements aiming at the establishment of dictatorships are full of the best intentions and that their intervention has, for the moment, saved European civilization. The merit that Fascism has thereby won for itself will live on eternally in history."<br /><br />From 'Liberalism'; chapter 18.<br /><br />It would pay to read more widely on people before you endorse them for the Nobel prize.Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-17168901435702014662016-10-10T10:21:55.038+13:002016-10-10T10:21:55.038+13:00No, "Paul". He didn't.
You, whoeve...No, "Paul". He didn't. <br /><br />You, whoever you are, are a liar.Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-9345070318773195792016-10-10T09:52:29.656+13:002016-10-10T09:52:29.656+13:00Nobel prizes aren't awarded for completely uns...Nobel prizes aren't awarded for completely unscientific crap such as 'praxeology'.<br /><br />Mises also endorsed fascism. That wouldn't have helped either.Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-15066143200061361562016-10-09T16:59:09.923+13:002016-10-09T16:59:09.923+13:00Fruitcakes quoted by fruitcakesFruitcakes quoted by fruitcakesKjThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13583435107822078614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-68500950335846531512016-10-08T11:29:21.953+13:002016-10-08T11:29:21.953+13:00Beautifully Written Peter
I read human Action qu...Beautifully Written Peter <br /><br />I read human Action quite a few Years go and have it here at home. Thanks for the reminder as I have begun to read it again, Mises indeed was a genius and should be awarded a posthumous Nobel Prize <br /><br />I have read recently all of James Rickards books "Currency Wars" etc and James is a True Genius as well <br /><br />Jane<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com