No one opposed communism more than Murray Rothbard, but he also recognized that US policy toward Cuba was unjust, self-defeating, and would fail to accomplish the government’s stated goals of regime change.
On this episode of Power and Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho look at this week's headlines, including the prospects for the Gaza peace deal, blue state propaganda, the Jay Jones text message scandal, and an inevitable new subsidy for Obamacare.
Advocates for US military intervention have invoked the war against the Barbary pirates as justification. Yet, an examination of that conflict shows that President Jefferson’s actions were limited and followed the direction of Congress.
The Pentagon Pizza Index (PPI), not the Producer Price Index, may be an interesting indicator that major events are taking place.
Advocates for US military intervention have invoked the war against the Barbary pirates as justification. Yet, an examination of that conflict shows that President Jefferson’s actions were limited and followed the direction of Congress.
Bureaucracies are not only annoying and troublesome, but in the worst case scenario, a bureaucratic error can mean instant death for millions of people. We need to shrink bureaucracies, not grow them.
On this episode of Power and Market, the roundtable promotes our Mises Institute fall campaign, bashes Attorney General Pam Bondi, has little sympathy for Jimmy Kimmel, and questions Trump's recent comments on Russia and Afghanistan.
Part of Hitler’s plan for Germany was to clear lands to the East with ethnic cleansing so Germans could have their infamous lebensraum. Yet, Ludwig von Mises in his Omnipotent Government also understood that Hitler’s plan for autarky also played a major policy role.
While the American people may have been ignorant of the foreign policy history of the 1990s to their detriment, and politicians—whether sincere or not—expressed bewilderment, many understood the direct link between foreign policy interventionism and terrorist attacks.
H.W. Brands offers a refreshing detour from the usual smears lobbed at Charles Lindbergh and the America First Committee.
