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‘History has been rather kind to the American voter’
“History has been rather kind to the American voter.”
World War I in Our Minds: A Historical View
Historian Hunt Tooley examines the turning points in how the world sees the Great War.
Socialism and Other Crimes in Venezuela
Venezuela is one of the most economically unfree countries in the world, and it has one of the highest crime rates in the world. Unfortunately, President Maduro thinks he can fix the problem by making the country even less free than it is now.
When Money Dies: Germany and Paper Money After 1910
After 1910, Germany increasingly relied on fiat money to pay the bills. It wasn't just the Treaty of Versailles that eventually led to hyperinflation, but an all-too-common policy of turning to inflationary monetary policy.
World War I in Our Minds: A Historical View
With 100 years having passed since the start of the First World War, the view of the war among historians and the public has evolved in many ways. Historian Hunt Tooley examines the turning points in how the world sees the Great War.
Trade as Good as Gold—or, How the Hanseatic League Thrived without Debt
We’re often told that international trade thrives on debt.
Free Cities, Now What?
From the session on “Libertarianism: Intellectual History and Applications,” presented at the Austrian Economics Research Conference.
Alexander Campbell, Tolbert Fanning, David Lipscomb: A Nineteenth-Century Anti-War Triumvirate
From the session on “Libertarianism: Intellectual History and Applications,” presented at the Austrian Economics Research Conference.
The Critics of the War Party: From William Graham Sumner to Murray Rothbard
From the session on “The Changing and Permanent War Parties,” presented at the Austrian Economics Research Conference.
