In some anti-Fed, pro-fiat money circles (yes, they exist) you will actually hear defenses of Adolf Hitler’s economic policy, on the grounds that it yielded a super economy for Germany.… Read More
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One of the Great Fallacies Smashed
Bob Murphy revisits the “World War II was an awesome boost for the economy” argument, and smashes it with an argument I’d never heard before. I cover the subject in… Read More
The Myth of ‘Executive Privilege’
Historian Kevin Gutzman discusses “executive privilege.” A few snippets: The Executive Branch was intended by the Constitution’s authors and ratifiers to be precisely that – the executor of policies made by Congress, not… Read More
Wouldn’t It Be Nice?
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a real command of U.S. history, and be informed on topics like these? Colonial Background Virginia and the Cavaliers Puritan Society Puritans and Indians… Read More
Media: Forget Refuting Libertarians; Just Demonize Them
Progressives: We Owe Everything to Government
Several readers have alerted me to an article in the New York Times the other day by Gail Collins, making fun of Ron Paul for not believing in the need… Read More
Blodget: Ron Paul’s Plan Will “Destroy the Economy”
Still More on Enclosures
Economic Cycles Before the Fed
First, my Mises Institute presentation on this subject: Quite a bit of work remains to be done from an Austrian perspective on nineteenth-century economic downturns. I don’t necessarily agree with… Read More
