Interventionism

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Ludwig von Mises

Economics deals with society's fundamental problems; it concerns everyone and belongs to all. It is the main and proper study of every citizen.

Ron Hera

Politicians used Keynesian economics to justify big government, a welfare state, and budget deficits. The Federal Reserve sought to grow the economy through monetary expansion, thereby crippling it. At the same time, Wall Street sought higher profits through influence over the government.

George Reisman

The threat of deadly force is implicitly present in every law, regulation, ruling, or decree that emanates from any government office, at any level.

Anne Wortham

To "believe in" the president, one would have to believe that the source of America's greatness is the welfare state he enthusiastically defends and promotes.

Claude Frédéric Bastiat

 Is it not an incontestable axiom in political economy that taxes ultimately fall on the consumer?

Gary Galles

Interventions in the name of fairness do little to advance real fairness but a great deal to undermine the benefits we all derive from competition.

Percy L. Greaves, Jr.

Please do not think, as many do, that economics — which is a science — takes sides on this issue.

David Gordon

Anyone who values a historically informed and well-written defense of freedom will gain a great deal from reading DiLorenzo's Organized Crime.

Joseph T. Salerno

Economist Robert Frank thinks "keeping up with the Joneses" is socially harmful. He wants  to rein in and clamp down on all the "Joneses" in the world.

Murray N. Rothbard

Attempts of the government to subsidize the beginning of fisheries also proved fruitless.