The Person with the Bomb Rules
The constitutional arrangement is far from perfect. But, at least if its provisions are obeyed, there is a barrier imposed on arbitrary and secret rule by one person.
War and Foreign Policy
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Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy
A president faced an economic depression that wouldn’t go away, and a deeply disgruntled electorate. Not for the first or last time, the option of entering a war seemed politically appealing. How badly did FDR want a war and to what lengths was...
5. Revolutionary War Finance
From Part I of A History of Money and Banking in the United States: The Colonial Era to World War II: “The History of Money and Bank
9. The War of 1812 and Its Aftermath
From Part I of A History of Money and Banking in the United States: The Colonial Era to World War II: “The History of Money and Bank
War and Inflation: Financing the Empire
Recorded from The Mises Circle in Phoenix, Arizona, April 10th, 2010. Sponsored by James M. Rodney.
The Civil War in America
It is remarkable that the Constitution was little trusted or admired by the wisest and most illustrious of its founders, and that its severest and
Find the Wrong, and There’s the Right
"While there are many who will agree that they, personally, should not kill, steal, enslave, it is only the individual with a first-rate moral nature who will have no hand in encouraging any agency — even government — in doing these things for him or others."
Nation Wrecking in Afghanistan
The European experience, in fact, suggests that governments play absolutely no role in stabilization.
The Humanitarian War Fallacy
Those who want to wage "humanitarian" wars need to persuade us that they know the future, and that some people's lives are less valuable than others.
