Jean-Baptiste Colbert and Louis XIV
What manner of man was this, then, this grand bureaucrat who scorned the interests of mere individuals and merchants as petty and narrow, who presu
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Emma Goldman and the End of the First Libertarian Movement
No other woman in America ever had to suffer such persistent persecution.
The Fresh Air following Revolution
The revolutions were not "against England per se, but against the oppressions of the state, dominated by the English government." Rothbard adds that they "failed largely because the domestic oligarchs were propped up and reimposed by the English power."
Under the Rule of the Cardinals, 1624–1661
Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu (1585–1642), considered the mass of Frenchmen simply as animals to be prodded or coerced in ways that
Vince Miller and the International Libertarian Movement
"In 1982, Vince moved on to building a nonprofit organization to host a series of international libertarian conferences — the Libertarian International."
Under the Rule of the Cardinals, 1624–1661
While his major practical interest had not been domestic or economic affairs, he had helped build up the absolutism of the French state.
1. J.B. Say: The French Tradition in Smithian Clothing
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
1. J.B. Say: The French Tradition in Smithian Clothing (continued)
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
1. J.B. Say: The French Tradition in Smithian Clothing (continued 2)
From An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II. Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
The Brilliant but Confused Radicalism of George Orwell
One doesn't have to read far into the works of George Orwell to discover that he had no understanding of economics whatsoever and was not personally a libertarian in the sense we have in mind when we use that word today.
