Bas Spliet

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Decentralization and the Rise of the West: The European Miracle Revisited

04/26/2022 Mises Wire Bas Spliet

Decentralization has long been at the forefront of the minds of Austro-libertarians. Hans-Hermann Hoppe, for instance, appeared on Austrian television this month sharing his dream of a Europe “which...

Socialist Economies Are Impossible: Lessons from Russia, 1917–22

02/15/2022 Mises Wire Bas Spliet

A little over one hundred years ago, the Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises started arguing that a socialist economy is impossible. In the turbulent years following the 1917 Bolshevik coup in Russia...

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Decentralization and the Rise of the West: The European Miracle Revisited

05/03/2022 Bas Spliet

Why did Europe advance economically in the postmedieval period? Bas Spliet looks to the writings of Ralph Raico and Hans-Hermann Hoppe for answers.

Socialist Economies Are Impossible: Lessons from Russia, 1917–22

03/15/2022 Bas Spliet

Socialization of the economy led to immediate disaster. In 1920–21, Bolshevik agrarian policy culminated in a famine with an impact unparalleled in modern European history.

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