An Honor for a Philosopher Of all the academic honors be-· stowed this month, as tradition pre-. scribes, one struck us as particularly noteworthy. It was presented by New York University to Ludwig von Mises, the Austrian-born economist, long since U.S. citizen, now 81 years old. The citation is self-explanatory: "Author of literally hundreds of books and articles, his major works are recognized a~ ; .-ssics of economic thought. He ha:... orought one of the most powe...
