The French Revolution

Tags: Big Government, Politics, Strategy, World History

12/21/2024 Mark Thornton

Will Americans slay our Leviathan government and restore the American dream? Or, will we fail, and continue to allow cronies, fat-cat politicians, and bureaucrats to live off the fruits of our productive labor? Mark Thornton discusses some pertinent lessons from the French Revolution.

“The Brilliance of Turgot” by Murray N. Rothbard: Mises.org/MI_A

The Turgot Collection: Writings, Speeches, and Letters of Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune, edited by David Gordon: Mises.org/MI_B

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