Ludwig von Mises on Peace and Social Cooperation
Critics of the free market often claim that capitalism is a system of ruthless struggle for survival. They say it is a system of dog-eat-dog competition. In fact, as the great Ludwig von Mises argued in an unanswerable way, the free market replaces the struggle for survival found in the animal world with social cooperation in which everybody benefits. Capitalism is a system of peace, not war. The key point that Mises makes is that human beings benefit from the division of labor and the division of labor means peaceful exchange, not war. As he says in Human Action, “The … https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/05/lew-rockwell/ludwig-von-mises-on-peace-and-social-cooperation/
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