George Ford Smith

Articles

Roger Williams: Exemplar of America’s Soul

11/14/2025 Mises Wire George Ford Smith

Roger Williams, the Baptist minister whose libertarian views ran afoul of the Massachusetts Bay Colony authorities, should be honored as one of this country’s early libertarians.

Moving at a High Speed toward an Economic Abyss

11/07/2025 Mises Wire George Ford Smith

As the US economy slowly deteriorates, the government's response is to intervene and to inflate. This does not end well.

Birth of a Nation, Death of an Ideal

10/28/2025 Mises Wire George Ford Smith

The US as a modern nation began in 1789, but between the Constitution and Alexander Hamilton’s national bank, the original ideal of liberty that drove the American Revolution had passed. We still are living in Hamilton’s country.

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Going for Broke

10/09/2025 George Ford Smith

Once upon a time, American firms built with the long term in view, and the government did not try to hinder them. Today, thanks to reckless federal government spending, we are living hand-to-mouth, accumulating massive debts, and soon enough will be broke.

Harry Truman: Founding Father of the National Security State

08/12/2025 George Ford Smith

Following World War II, President Truman helped produce the modern national security state by creating the Central Intelligence Agency. Only later did Truman regret what he did, as the CIA turned into a monster that could never be tamed.

The Life Source Missing from Today’s Narratives

07/31/2025 George Ford Smith

America recently celebrated Independence Day, but Americans were too quick to abandon their own individual freedoms and individual sovereignty and submit to the state.

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