How the Government Wrecks the Economy

Tags: Interventionism, Big Government, U.S. Economy

04/14/2014 Robert P. Murphy

Interviewed by Merlin Rothfeld and John O'Donnell, Bob Murphy illustrates how government interference with the market economy leads to human misery.

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