The Myth of US Government Benevolence
Recorded at the 2003 Supporters Summit: Prosperty, War, and Depression.
(28:35)
Recorded at the 2003 Supporters Summit: Prosperty, War, and Depression.
(28:35)
Presented at the Mises Institute on 18 November 2003. Includes a Question and Answer session.
Recorded at the Reassessing the Presidency seminar; March 2004.
Recorded at the Reassessing the Presidency seminar; March 2004. (30:28)
A common accusation against the Mises Institute is that it is obsessed with tracing social and economic problems to the state, and, in doing so, it oversimplifies the world.
Our public institutions routinely celebrate politicians as heroes and parade them before school children as examples of great community leaders. Tibor Machan doubts the underlying assumption. Members of a city council, especially in major cities such as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco, are as a rule undeserving of special respect. They do not hold honorable professions.