Interventionism

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Michael A. Heilperin

The rulers of that period had far-reaching powers over the activities of their subjects, while individual liberties were largely submerged.

Friedrich A. Hayek

The attack on the principles of the Rule of Law was part of the general movement away from liberalism which began about 1870. It came almost entirely from the intellectual leaders of the socialist movement.

Murray N. Rothbard

The economic policy dominant in the Europe of the 17th and 18th centuries assumed that intervention in economic affairs was a proper function of government.

Ludwig von Mises

Unfortunately, some people prefer to attribute the cause of inflation not to an increase in the quantity of money but to the rise in prices.

Ludwig von Mises

One of the characteristic features of this age is the general attack launched by all governments and pressure groups against the rights of creditors.

Arkadiusz Sieroń

Behavioral economists say that since individuals are irrational, we need more state intervention in the economy. However, their criticism can be turned around: if individuals are irrational, government power is especially dangerous.

Ralph Raico

Roosevelt stands for the national government as we know it today: a vast, unfathomable bureaucratic apparatus.