The advocates for war always rely on lies and dismissing any debate. When the lies are pointed out, those interested in the truth are attacked as conspirators with the enemy. Debate is beneath the foreign policy “experts,” perhaps because they know their ideas aren’t defensible.
Politics
One cannot preserve a free society merely through legal reforms or economic deregulation. One must cultivate citizens capable of living freely.
Mises explicitly says in that book that Soviet Russia should be allowed to expand in Eastern Europe after World War II ends, in order to prevent the rebirth of a strong Germany.
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The principle of Occam‘s Razor states that we should avoid superfluous activity. When it comes to our monetary system, however, the Federal Reserve System doesn’t simplify things, but instead complicates the economy. That alone is reason for it to be abolished.
Mark Thornton exposes the real threat to our economy—and it’s not what you’ve been told.
In February, the money-supply growth rate accelerated and continued near a two-year high. Meanwhile, the Fed is chickening out in its efforts to shrink the Fed‘s balance sheet.
With many in the ruling classes violently reacting to DOGE, one figures that Elon Musk might be on the right path. He could learn much more about the dead hand of government if he were to read Ludwig von Mises.
People like to believe that national defense is outside of economic analysis, but the reality is that laws of economics are immutable and universal. A case in point is the development of the F-35 Lightning II fighter jet.
The Conclusion to Abundance, Generosity, and the State: An Inquiry into Economic Principles audiobook.