Volume 1, No. 3 (Fall 1998) Ludwig von Mises contributed much to understanding how markets work, of course, but he also showed a keen interest in language. I recall his mentioning, in two or three talks, the advantage for a scholar in economics and history, as he was, to be able to use research materials in more than just one or two languages.
The history that didn’t happen can be just as interesting as the history that did. This article is a small example of its own topic. Except by chance, I wouldn’t now be writing it. Not finding what I wanted while browsing in our library’s magazine aisles, I came across mention of “ uchronie “ in Le Nouvel Observateur . The philosopher Charles
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