is a consequence of this fact that an ever increasing portion of the total amount of usable goods produced goes to the wage earners" (p. 89) Criticism The Economist called it a "resoundingly silly" caricature of economic liberalism and "a sad little book" that is simplistically dogmatic and displays "cocksure superficiality" in an abusive tone. The review suggested that the book would receive "low marks if presented by a second-year undergraduate to his tutor," and that "the case for freedom ... is ill served" by such a book. It accused von Mises of attacking straw men and having contempt for the facts of human nature, comparing him in that respect to Marxists. Conservative commentator and former Communist Whittaker Chambers published a similarly negative review in the National Review, stating that Mises's thesis that anti-capitalist sentiment was rooted in "envy" epitomized "know-nothing conservatism" at its "know-nothingest." Publication history D Van Nostrand Company, 1956 Libertarian Press, 1981 Liberty Fund, 2006, (cloth), (paperback) Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2008 (reprint of the Van Nostrand edition) Translations German: Die Wurzeln des Antikapitalismus, Frankfurt am Main: Knapp, 1979 Italian: La mentalità anticapitalistica, Roma: Armando, 1988 Korean: 자본주의정신과반자본주의심리 / Chabonjuŭi chŏngsin kwa panjabonjuŭi simni, 한국경제연구원, Sŏul Tʻŭkpyŏlsi : Hanʼguk Kyŏngje Yŏnʼguwŏn, 1995 Polish: Mentalność antykapitalistyczna, Kraków: Wydawnictwo Arcana, 2005 Spanish: La mentalidad anticapitalista, Valencia: Fundación Ignacio Villalonga, 1957 Swedish: Den antikapitalistiska mentaliteten, Stockholm: Natur & Kultur, 1957 See also Laissez-faire Anti-Communism References External links Ludwig von Mises Institute The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality, 1956 edition: Full text in HTML Full text in PDF 1956 non-fiction books Books by Ludwig von Mises Political books