No good has ever come from granting monopoly power to the state to use aggression against the people to arbitrarily mold human behavior.
Government use of force to mold social and economic behavior at home and abroad has justified individuals using force on their own terms.
Germany was now defenseless, dependent on Wilson and the Allies keeping their word.
Sponsored by the Auburn University Economics Club, this talk was presented at the Mises Institute on 1 October 2012.
Presented at the Mises Circle in Manhattan, hosted by the Ludwig von Mises Institute and sponsored by the Story Garschina Charitable Fund, and Anon
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The efforts, spurred by Mayor Bloomberg, to ban large cans of drinks deemed too sugary have been much in the news lately; and a peculiar point in the mayor's defense of this measure is highly relevant to Laurence Vance's excellent book.
Politicians used Keynesian economics to justify big government, a welfare state, and budget deficits. The Federal Reserve sought to grow the economy through monetary expansion, thereby crippling it. At the same time, Wall Street sought higher profits through influence over the government.
