Jean-Baptiste Colbert and Louis XIV
Colbert: "The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least amount of hissing."
Interventionism
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The Truth About the “Robber Barons”
Most of the businessmen we now call Robber Barons got rich by using the power of the state, and not by serving their customers in a free market.
Inflation and the Fall of the Roman Empire
At the end, the Romans welcomed the barbarians as liberators from the kleptocratic Roman state.
Hegel: The State as God’s Will
Armed with Hegelian philosophy, the modern state would take its divinely appointed stand at the height of history and civilization, as God on earth.
A Libertarian “Stealth Plan for America”?
Thomas DiLorenzo reviews Nancy MacLean's attack-book on libertarianism.
Does “More Europe” Mean More Government?
When leading Europhiles say they want more European unity, what they really seem to want is more bureaucracy, regulation, and control.
Mises Explains the Drug War
Mises contends, the fact that something is a vice is no reason for suppression by way of commercial prohibitions.
Ludwig von Mises on Collectivist Fallacies and Interventionist Follies
This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of the publication of 'Theory and History' in 1957, a work of enduring relevance in our own time.
What We Lost on September 11th
What should have been a profoundly embarrassing and soul-searching moment for the US national security state became an exercise in chest thumping.
The Attack on Marijuana During the 1930s
How did Americans fall for the government's reefer madness? Listen as Chris Calton explains.
