War and Foreign Policy

John Denson argues wars are sold with patriotic myths—then used to centralize power—and that honest history is the antidote to the “imperial presidency” and permanent war.

Recorded at the Mises Institute, May 1994.

Recorded at the Mises Institute, May 1994.

Recorded at Mises University 2003.

Recorded at the 2003 Supporters Summit: Prosperty, War, and Depression.

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Recorded at the Mises Institute, May 1994. (30:23)

Thomas Sowell’s book, Civil Rights, lays bare many of the myths of the Great Society. What did ordinary people do before an advanced welfare state? Anti-poverty programs like the 1965 Job Corps did not turn out well. There was less poverty before the programs. Federal aid to education, like Head Start, did not stop any cycle of poverty. There was no difference in performance.

Recorded at the Mises Institute, May 1994.

With his lack of principles and scruples, Churchill was involved in one way or another in nearly every disaster that befell the 20th century, writes Adam Young. He helped destroy laissez-faire liberalism, he played a role in the Crash of 1929, he helped start WWI, and by bringing in America to help, prolonged the war and created the conditions for the rise of Nazism, prolonged WWII, laid the groundwork for Soviet domination, helped involve America in a cold war with Russia, and pioneered in the development of total war and undermining western civilized standards.

Presented at the Mises Institute on June 17, 2003.