FARRAR & RINEHART INCORPORATED l PUBLISHERS l' 232 MADISON AVENUE CABLES FARRINE NEW YORK July 9, 1941 Mr. L. von Mises 599 West End Avenue New York City Dear Mr. von Mises: Those of us here who have read your manuscript GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS have found it interesting and in spots absorbing. But we cannot quite see in what course or courses the book would have a sale sufficient to cover publication costs. One reader, for example, reported: "It is far too advanced, for the most part, to make satisfactory collateral reading for the usual introductory course in economics, and it is much too brief and condensed to find wide acceptance in courses on government and business or on the 'isms. Too, many teachers would object to the complete omission of monopolistic competition and to the very limited number of subjects discussed. After all, there are many types of linterventionism' besides those dealing with price fixing, credit inflation, and confiscation which merit inclusion in a book of this sort. II This same reader wrote me that he does not feel you can do full justice to your position in so small a scope, which may be one of the difficulties. By any chance have you thought of publication with one of the university presses which publish various studies in Economics? Another suggestion would be that one of the learned journals might be willing to publish the material running over three or four issues. I am sorry indeed that we cannot make you an offer of publi- cation, but unfortunately we have to look at our balance sheet, and particularly so these days. I am returning your manuscript separately. Your book on Nazism I have turned over to our Trade Depart- ment, who are looking at it now. I shall let you know their decision as soon as I hear from them. Very sincerely yours, James Manager can 1002 JVT:A College Department