Ludwig von Mises' private archive in Vienna and its relevance for economic policy and economic theory

Abstract

The core of the project is a systematic, comprehensive review of extensive archival holdings that have been stored in Moscow for decades and were found by the project leader, which document the work and activities of Ludwig v. Mises, especially in the interwar period. In the course of the project, the entire file inventory is also to be digitally recorded and made digitally accessible to research under the aegis of the Graz Schumpeter Centre at the University of Graz.

As initial findings suggest, these documents are likely to prove interesting with regard to a number of issues that have been the subject of particularly intensive discussion in international research over the past decade. These include the following central questions of economic policy as well as specific aspects with regard to economic theory, which are to serve as the focus of the project's content review:

1. Monetary, credit, financial and stabilisation policy.
2. Supranational governance.
3. Economic accounting, market prices and their significance for civilisation.
4. The Konjunkturforschungsinstitut and its strategic importance for the development of the Austrian School..
5. Theory, practical impact and policy advice.