Triumph of The Permanent Warfare State
by David Stockman
From David Stockman’s Contra Corner. Remarks to the Committee For The Republic, Washington DC, February 2014 (Part 6 in a 6-Part Series) Go to Part 1.
A Lifetime of War—Explained
by Kirkpatrick Sale [LewRockwell.com, March 25, 2014]
A few days ago, my partner, turning from something about Afghanistan on the television news, said to me, “It seems there’s been a war going on as long as we’ve been alive.”
And we’re well into our 70s.
Quote of Note
Today’s Wall Street Journal highlights Mises: Notable & Quotable Economist Ludwig von Mises on the supremacy of consumer interests over producer interests in a market economy. Ludwig von Mises, “Nation, State, and Economy“ (1919):
We Do Not Live in a Post-Scarcity World
Rifkin misses the mark because he ignores Menger’s theory of value and the role of the entrepreneur.
How Government Wrecks the Economy
Whether it’s “pure” socialism or the so-called mixed economy, the historical record is clear that government intervention makes us poorer.
Video: Hollenbeck on Exchange Rates and the Big Mac Index
Frank Hollenbeck sends along this video explaining in further detail his discussion from the weekend’s Mises Daily.
Krugman’s Lie: WWII Was Not A Splendid Exercise in Keynesian Debt Finance
Venice’s Secession from Italy, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, and Nation-States
With an 89 percent majority, the voters of Venice have elected to leave Italy. In practice, what this really means is that the Venetians plan to no longer send tax revenues to Rome. Apparently, the Venetians, who inhabit the historical capital of one of humanity’s richest and most successful republics, wish to no longer subsidize the famously-corrupt bureaucrats in Rome. Southern Italy has long been regarded by the richer, cleaner, and more efficient North as a drain on their resources.
Judge Napolitano: The Pope, the Constitution, and Economics 101
US ‘Democracy Promotion’ Destroys Democracy Overseas
by Ron Paul
It was almost ten years ago when, before the House International Relations Committee, I objected to the US Government funding NGOs to meddle in the internal affairs of Ukraine. At the time the “Orange Revolution” had forced a regime change in Ukraine with the help of millions of dollars from Washington.
At that time I told the Committee:
