“In 1947, two titans of 20th-century economic theory, Ludwig von Mises and Wilhelm Röpke, met in Röpke’s home of Geneva, Switzerland. During the war, the Genevan fathers coped with shortages by providing citizens with small garden allotments outside the city for growing vegtables. These citizen gardens became so popular with the people of Geneva that the practice was continued even after the war and the return to abundance. Röpke was particularly proud of these citizen farmers, and so he took Mises on a tour of the gardens. “A very inefficient way of producing foodstuffs!” Mises noted disapprovingly. “Perhaps so, but a very efficient way of producing human happiness” was Röpke’s rejoinder.”

http://www.amconmag.com/article/2007/jul/30/00029/

The Righteousness Of Ludwig Von Mises.

That is what the advancement of socialism does to a classical liberal, it rattles the soul. How can people be so short-sighted? How can truth be discovered in an age of economic ignorance?

But the gentleness and sincerity and resolve of Mises were at the same time a very real part of his character.

As far as I can tell this is a very good example of righteousness as it is supposed to be, expressed by a humble and sensitive person!