UFC fighter Renato “Money” Moicano generated a lot of buzz for Austrian economics this week. Yes, you read that right. After Moicano’s last win, he took some time on the mic to shout out the First Amendment, the Constitution, private property, gun ownership, and Ludwig von Mises and his Six Lessons of the Austrian Economics School.
What caught my attention wasn’t the very odd mashup of Mises and competitive fighting. Instead, I was a bit surprised to hear about a work by Mises called Six Lessons of the Austrian Economics School. This didn’t sound like the title of any Mises work I was familiar with. However, as new FEE president Diogo Costa pointed out, this is the Brazilian title for Mises’s book which is known in English as Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow.
The shoutout was a big success. The book is sold out on the Mises Institute website, but it appears that Liberty Fund still has some copies for those who prefer physical books. If you’re okay with e-reading, both organizations offer the book for free.
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