Instituto Ludwig von Mises Brasil: os arautos do anarcocapitalismo

Abstract

This dissertation aims to investigate the theoretical assumption and party action forms of the Instituto Ludwig von Mises Brasil (http://www.mises.org.br/). Created in 2007, in a context of financial crisis that began in the USA, the Institute, taking as reference the intellectuals of the so-called Austrian School of Economics, seeks to introduce as an alternative to the growth of the inherent contradictions of capital, a project of society where all the dimensions of social relations are regulated only by the free market. Calling this sort of society by “anarcho”- capitalism, the Instituto Ludwig von Mises Brasil pursues to shape cadres among the civil society and join forces with others think tanks abroad and within Brasil to promote their ideal considered as “libertarian”. In order to achieve its objectives, the intellectuals and members of the Institute Ludwig von Mises Brazil claims for themselves the tradition and supposed “history of the Austrian School of Economics” implying to the “anarcho”-capitalism a tone of scientificity and infallibility; or anchored at the “solid” trajectory of the Austrian School of Economics history, or presenting the “libertarian” perspective and its solution to the various problems caused by the contradictions of the capitalist system. In this sense, the Instituto Ludwig von Mises Brasil, seeks to present capitalism as the only alternative, claiming that it has never been fully and completely implemented due the subversion of its nature, product of the action and existence of the State, considered to be like a monopoly company and regulator of social relations.