Mises's 'Planned Chaos' is a Masterful Critique of Statism

In 1947, Leonard Read of FEE asked Ludwig von Mises to cumulate all his knowledge of 20th century political history into a single essay, one that dealt with all forms of state planning. The result was the single most sophisticated book on politics that Mises had written at that time. Appearing two years before Human Action, Mises broadened his early critique of socialism to include fascism and Nazism and the conditions that led to their rise. It is in this work that he isolates statism in general, and dictatorship in particular, as the ultimate enemies of freedom, regardless of whether that statism is from the left or the right. Planned Chaos, then, is a statement for the ages, a mature and passionate work that grew from enormous learning and personal experience. FEE is pleased to make this classic volume available as a free ebook.