Writing during World War II, Mises predicted that the establishment of a United Nations would lead to autonomy for the people of Africa and Asia, but insisted that 'there are today no such things as internal affairs of a country which do not concern the rest of mankind'. If anti-imperialism in the colonies developed into anti-capitalism, Mises and his fellow neoliberals believed, it would be a catastrophe for all of humanity.

Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, loc. 251