There is a Swiss path within the Austrian School that has so far received too little recognition.
It did not seek the political limelight; it worked in the background, in finance and diplomacy.
Menger's pupils already carried it: Felix Somary in private banking, Richard Schüller in the peace negotiations. Its second beginning lay in Geneva. From 1934 to 1940, Ludwig von Mises held the chair for international relations at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, and it was here that his principal work took shape. William Rappard and Wilhelm Röpke were active in his circle. In 1947, the society that bears its name gathered on the Mont Pèlerin, with Mises among its founders.
The aim was to preserve a peaceful division of labour resting on free trade and stable, neutral money. Switzerland became the place for this. mises.ch places this approach before the shared database of mises.at.
mises.ch opens the same holdings as mises.at. An entry by way of the Swiss bridges of the Austrian School:
Swiss Mises Institute
mises.ch builds on the work of the Swiss Mises Institute, which Patrik B. Vonlanthen has developed since 2010.
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„Es gibt einen schweizerischen Weg der Österreichischen Schule, der nicht die politische Öffentlichkeit suchte, sondern im Hintergrund wirkte, in Finanz und Diplomatie.“