Robert Higgs, editor of The Independent Review, is the author of the book Crisis and Leviathan, a survey of the episodic growth of the federal government in periods of war and economic crisis.
Ralph Raico, professor of European history at Buffalo State College and Schlarbaum laureate, is the author of a history of German liberalism, Die Partei der Freiheit, and suc
“Ideas are the ultimate given of historical inquiry,” wrote Ludwig von Mises.
War increases government spending, inhibits free trade, and lays the foundation for numerous future conflicts, writes Ron Paul.
War increases government spending, inhibits free trade, and lays the foundation for numerous future conflicts.
The real sovereign is the small ruling class that makes the final decisions in the state of emergency, writes Carlo Lottieri and Luigi Marco Bassan
The real sovereign is the small ruling class that makes the final decisions in the state of emergency.
War and militarization increase time preference, and social ills soon follow.
Interviewed by host Tom Woods, Joe Salerno talks about the Fed, the Great Depression, currency wars, deflation, and why governments hate cash.
Ron Paul is in good company with Cobden, Mencken, Sumner, and the American Anti-Imperialist League — all oppose government militarism.
