George Ford Smith

Articles

Inflation: A Dirty Word for “Accommodation”

01/18/2026 Mises Wire George Ford Smith

Inflation is a government tool used to confiscate wealth from ordinary citizens and transfer it to government agents and others who are politically connected. That most Americans believe inflation is caused by greedy business owners shows how successfully the government covers its tracks.

Monetary Policy Is Monetary Piracy

01/04/2026 Mises Wire George Ford Smith

Even Milton Friedman—who never supported gold as money—admitted that a monetary system based on gold would “take care of itself.” Instead, our money is created and manipulated by the politicized hand of government and is based on theft.

How Big Business Helped Build Leviathan

12/28/2025 Mises Wire George Ford Smith

Most academic historians claim that big businesses in the US were economy-choking monopolies at the end of the 19th century, and that government was needed to enforce competition. In reality, the government and businesses joined forces to promote monopolies.

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Roger Williams: Exemplar of America’s Soul

11/17/2025 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.

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.

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