New revised edition by Ludwig von Mises First published in 1949, this presentation of the point of view of a "conservative" economist has been reprintedfive times. A revised edition is offered now as a new conservative movement gains strength in the United States. This is a systematic study of the manifoldactivities of human beings in search of food, shelter, and the variety of goods they have come to need. Only the free market and free enterprise, the author argues, can produce that outpouring of goods and services that is democratically controlled by the daily decisions of buyers.