The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality by Austrian School economist and libertarian thinker Ludwig von Mises is an investigation into the psychological roots from the anti-capitalistic stance that is widespread in segments of the overall population of the capitalist world. Von Mises suggests different reasons for this mentality, mainly his declare that free competition in the market overall economy enables no excuses of one’s failures. Rather, he argues, it generates great incentive for one’s desire for improvement and better effort to succeed, as well as a better reward for the success.