War and Foreign Policy

Boom, Bust, and the Future (26:53) January 18-19, 2002

Recorded at the Mises Institute, May 1994.

The warfare state does not want peace, it wants war. Conducting a permanent war requires three things. There must be an underlying convincing belief that the war is worthwhile. Some interest groups need to stand to gain money or power. And, crises need to provoke reliable and ongoing responses. World peace is not desirable.

Recorded at the Mises Institute, May 1994.

Murray Rothbard popularized the concept of the welfare-warfare state. He didn’t like either of them. He knew that if the state was doing anything there was plunder involved. Welfare was any handout from the government to anyone. One book that handled warfare and welfare systematically was Crisis and Leviathan by Robert Higgs.

Recorded at the Mises Institute, May 1994.

The Real Lincoln, presented by Thomas DiLorenzo at the 2002 Austrian Scholars Conference.

Recorded at the Mises Institute, May 1994.

Recorded at the Mises Institute, May 1994.

Recorded at the Mises Institute, May 1994.