World History

Key to the explanation for Nazi Germany and current America is the steady and profound reshaping of society's institutions, from the school system to law enforcement, from the courts to the hospitals.

Some say that we should grow our own food, buy locally, keep firms small, eschew modern conveniences like home appliances, go back to using only natural products, expropriate wealthy savers, and harass the capitalistic class. This paradise has a name, and it is Haiti.

Keynes loved the pyramids.

Keynes loved the pyramids. The attempt to rehabilitate the reputation of the pyramid project is part of a larger cultural effort to prop up the respectability of government in general and the nation-state in particular.

The tragedies of 20th-century socialism are made more horrible by the fact that some people understood, predicted, and warned.

Governments and bankers hate gold because its supply cannot be inflated on command.

A recorded mini lecture and video display purported to explain this mysterious phenomenon (mysterious to the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, anywa

A recorded mini lecture and video display purported to explain this mysterious phenomenon (mysterious to the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, anyway). I knew that I was going to hear either a self-critical explanation or, more likely, some hogwash. Hogwash won, hands down!

The balanced budget passed away definitely in 1911, not to return again until a revolution had swept from the people of Italy their freedom, writes

The balanced budget passed away definitely in 1911, not to return again until a  revolution had swept from the people of Italy their freedom.