I just finished translating this book and it was a strange book. I'm torn between 3 and 4 stars. The fact that it was written in 1927 for a german audience makes quite a few of its points irrelevant to today's reader. Regardless, it is a great book, a fine introduction to the utilitarian approach to classical liberalism and even to economic thinking in some degree. It was extremely sad to read it with the knowledge that Hitler, WWII and rivers of blood was what followed the time of its writing. Everything that was needed to prevent that was laid down in this book and Germany paid with the lives of millions for rejecting its message.