The Era of Militant Statism
Rampant statism was probably an unavoidable evil in an age during which large segments of the enfranchised populace woke up for active political life.
World History
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Faculty Panel: Policy and History, Part 2
Featuring Thomas DiLorenzo, Mark Thornton, Timothy Terrell, Thomas Woods, Robert Higgs, and Robert Murphy. Recorded at Mises University
Faculty Panel: Policy and History, Part 1
Featuring Thomas DiLorenzo, Mark Thornton, Timothy Terrell, Thomas Woods, Robert Higgs, and Robert Murphy. Recorded at Mises University
World War II as an Austrian Economics Illustration Writ Large
A special Graduate Seminar, recorded at Mises University 2013.
The Demagogue of Vienna
Hitler wrote, "He turned those businesses that were private elsewhere into municipal enterprises...”
Hitler’s Hero
This youth, one Adolf Hitler, would later weave the tactical and strategic lessons he learned from Dr. Lueger into the infamous doctrine of National Socialism.
France’s Cul-De-Sac
British Prime Minister David Cameron, offered to “roll out the red carpet” for any high-income earning Frenchmen who wanted to avoid paying French taxes.
The Paradox of Imperialism
Liberal states tend to defeat and expand their territories or their range of hegemonic control at the expense of less-liberal ones.
Taxes and History
The parasite - the state - has to have a host. First there had to be production before there could be something to tax or steal. Kings waged dynastic wars requiring high taxation. Revolutions and secession resulted.
