The Balanced-Budget Question
From the Libertarian Review, May 1979, Rothbard provides a well-rounded discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of a balanced-budget amendment.
From the Libertarian Review, May 1979, Rothbard provides a well-rounded discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of a balanced-budget amendment.
It is generally accepted that a government can enslave the citizens — unless it is a democratic government. Mistake!
The foremost aim of despotic government is to prevent any innovations that could endanger its own supremacy.
Government planners developed a particular aesthetic obsession: they were frustrated by the untidy complexity of real human societies, writes
Fannie and Freddie, far from being the sole miscreants of the crisis, operate on the same parlous economic principles that the Fed functions on and facilitates. Ridding the market of the crippling appetites of Fannie and Freddie, even if a step in the right direction, is hardly a panacea for the current economic plights.
The Mises Circle in Naples, Florida. Recorded 26 February 2011.
The Mises Circle in Naples, Florida. Recorded 26 February 2011.
The Mises Circle in Houston, Texas. Sponsored by Jeremy S. Davis. Recorded 22 January 2011.