{"product_id":"ludwig-von-mises-ceramic-mug-omnipotent-government-1945","title":"Ludwig von Mises Ceramic Mug — Omnipotent Government (1944)","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"There is no third system between a market economy and socialism. Mankind has to choose between those two systems—unless chaos is considered an alternative.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— Ludwig von Mises, \u003cem\u003eOmnipotent Government\u003c\/em\u003e, 1944\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eMises wrote \u003cem\u003eOmnipotent Government\u003c\/em\u003e in wartime America, having fled first Vienna and then Geneva. It was his attempt to explain the rise of the total state to an Anglo-American audience that largely believed the war was a contest between socialism and its opposite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis argument was that the planned economy and the war economy are the same machine under different names, and that the middle way — the mixed system, the regulated market, the third option that promises the benefits of both — is not a destination but an unstable waypoint. The sentence on this mug is the fork he insisted could not be dodged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11 oz ceramic, glossy white finish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePencil-sketch portrait, printed both sides\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDishwasher and microwave safe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinted on demand and shipped on fulfillment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eFill it, and decline the third option.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Good Brew","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42758678216771,"sku":"e67d259b-7c06-40e3-bd86-21239c86deb5","price":18.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/4737\/5683\/files\/5db7aa9b-e308-4c8f-8771-339420123c6a.webp?v=1764471524","url":"https:\/\/cafe.tollbooth-dpyc.com\/products\/ludwig-von-mises-ceramic-mug-omnipotent-government-1945","provider":"Good Brew","version":"1.0","type":"link"}