Eric Englund

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09/04/2012 Mises Daily Eric Englund

Mises was correct about the inherent irrationality of the socialist state but did not extend his critique to the irrational essence of the state itself.

Fannie Mae: Another New Deal Monstrosity

07/02/2007 Mises Daily Eric Englund

Fannie Mae is representative of all that's wrong with central planning institutions: it is a government-created conduit for carefully crafted financial and market socialism that the bureaucrats uphold for the purpose of propping up their fantasies for pandemic social engineering.

Will The Federal Reserve Create The New Socialist Man?

06/26/2006 Mises Daily Eric Englund

Monetary central planning, as perpetrated by the Federal Reserve, provides the key to hollowing out and creating a pro-statist populace.

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