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Israel M. Kirzner's work regarding his mentor includes a monograph on Mises and articles detailing the impact Mises had on the world of economics. For Kirzner, Mises was a man with a mission: to reignite economists' search for truth. This mission led them both to champion economic science and its teaching--i.e., the unhampered market and the system of free enterprise--in response to the encroaching philosophical and economic shadow of socialism. As Kirzner put it, "Mises saw the denial of economics as an alarming threat to a free society and to Western civilization. It is economics that is able to demonstrate the social advantages of the unhampered market." Mises's economics offers ammunition to those who understand that humans are ultimately made to live with freedom and dignity.