More than any other single period, World War I was the critical watershed for the American business system. It was a “war collectivism,” a totally planned economy run largely by big-business interest through the instrumentality of the central government, which served as the model, the precedent, and the inspiration for state corporate capitalism for the remainder of the century.
Murray N. Rothbard made major contributions to economics, history, political philosophy, and legal theory. He combined Austrian economics with a fervent commitment to individual liberty.
In the deepest sense, the American Revolution was a conscious majority revolution on behalf of libertarianism and against power.
In the deepest sense, the American Revolution was a conscious majority revolution on behalf of libertarianism and against power.
It is important to change our political culture, which treats "democracy," or the "right" to vote, as the supreme political good.