For those who have read some but not all of von Mises' work, do not to miss his widow, Margit's touching biography, 'My life with Ludwig von Mises'. A touching testimonial by a loving wife for her late husband, Margit's recollections illuminate the amazing life of this titan of 20th century 'traditional liberal' economics. From his professional beginnings as a finance minister in pre-Nazi Austria, to his later years in American academia, this volume gives timbre to the voice we find in his books. Among many anecdotes Margit provides, the most memorable for me was the insight that Ludwig never actually considered himself an 'economist' - he was a praxiologist, meaning he studied the practical satisfaction of expressed needs.

No exploration of the ideas of von Mises can be complete without reading this 'last word' by his wife.