Government
I offer my own definition of government: Government is that great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.
I offer my own definition of government: Government is that great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.
When a parent leaves the work force to focus on parenting, this shows up in government stats as lower employment and less consumer spending — suggesting a less productive economy. But that's not what's going on at all.
Recorded at the Mises Circle in Seattle, 14 September 2019. Includes an introduction by Jeff Deist.
A Question-and-Answer period and Panel featuring Laura Davidson, Noah Bonn, Bob Murphy, and Jeff Deist.
Recorded at the Mises Circle in Seattle, 14 September 2019.
Recorded at the Mises Circle in Seattle, 14 September 2019. Includes an introduction by Jeff Deist.
What might the future of democracy look like? Jeff Deist welcomes attendees to the 2019 Mises Circle in Seattle.
The resurgent claim that the modern economy was built on slavery is yet another attempt to attack capitalism while also claiming "we are all to blame" for slavery. The slave owners of old tried a very similar tactic.