The British complained of unfair competition from goods supplied by the American colonists. So the state intervened to manage trade and make it “fair.” But the American revolutionaries saw protectionism for the scam it was, and still is.
The world is being driven to war—possibly nuclear war—by current leaders who want their citizens to believe that there are no other options. This is patently not true.
When the American Revolution broke out, the American colonies were perhaps the least-taxed place on earth. How did this country move from that position to the colossus it has become today? Joshua Mawhorter provides some sobering July 4 reading to find the answer.
When the American Revolution broke out, the American colonies were perhaps the least-taxed place on earth. How did this country move from that position to the colossus it has become today? Joshua Mawhorter provides some sobering July 4 reading to find the answer.
[Chapter 80, “Was the American Revolution Radical?,” from Murray N.
Voters in last week‘s Democratic Primary in New York City had to choose between a socialist and a crony capitalist. They chose the socialist. Fifty years ago, establishment politicians drove the city into de facto bankruptcy. A new generation of political elites are doing the same.
Voters in last week‘s Democratic Primary in New York City had to choose between a socialist and a crony capitalist. They chose the socialist. Fifty years ago, Establishment politicians drove the city into de facto bankruptcy. A new generation of political elites are doing the same.
Contrary to popular myth, every Republican president since and including Herbert Hoover has increased the federal government's size, scope, or power. Over the last one hundred years, of the five presidents who presided over the largest domestic spending increases, four were Republicans.
The Boston Tea Party was an opening act in what came to be a violent culture war and war of national liberation. And it helps us understand how America in 2020 could become as bitterly divided as America during the revolution.
