The Dual Tax of Empire: Funding Destruction Abroad and Displacement at Home

Tags: Europe, U.S. History, War and Foreign Policy

11/14/2026 Patrick Frise

Western nations are concerned with the influx of refugees from abroad. However, the refugees often are victims of the wars that were begun and expanded by those same western countries.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/dual-tax-empire-funding-destruction-abroad-and-displacement-home

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