How Government is Unraveling Civilization by Force
Recorded at the Mises Circle in Colorado Springs, Colorado; 18 September 2010. Sponsored by Pikes Peak Economics Club.
Recorded at the Mises Circle in Colorado Springs, Colorado; 18 September 2010. Sponsored by Pikes Peak Economics Club.
It is very difficult to convince someone that if they refuse free money they will be better off.
"Huebert succinctly and accurately explains that applying libertarian principles to foreign affairs leads to a policy of peace and nonintervention."
These conservatives think they are "defending freedom" by supporting every military adventure that the state concocts. They are not.
Critics condemn economic theory for disregarding the role that power plays in real life.
For all these reasons, appealing to a monarch to impose laissez-faire from above can only be a losing strategy.
The bottom line is that trade sanctions create poverty.
Problems of international development aid and the domestic welfare state. Recorded at Mises University 2010.