Interventionism

"No one has ever succeeded in the effort to demonstrate that unionism could improve the conditions and raise the standard of living of all those eager to earn wages."

"Law for Rousseau is essentially a device whereby those in possession protect themselves against the 'have-nots.'"

"The new democracy having inherited the power so long used against it, now shows every disposition to use that power as ruthlessly as any other governing organ ever has used it."

There was a German language edition of his profoundly influential General Theory late in 1936, for which Keynes wrote a special foreword addressed solely to German readers.

In conclusion, Thom Hartmann's economic views are based on misinformation.

"We know of no force which could act for the satisfaction of human desires so as to make the satisfaction equal for a number of men…"

There was a time not too long ago when America's healthcare was considered the best in the world and it was affordable to all.

Recorded at the Mises Circle in Seattle, September 12th, 2009. Sponsored by James M. Wolfe.

As for the old conservative claim that libertarians are insufficiently worried about the Soviet threat and too much about garbage collection, note that the Soviet Union is gone and the garbage problem is still with us.

Printing green pieces of paper doesn't make an economy richer. If done without restraint, it leads to runaway price inflation. As an added downside, it also allows governments to slaughter millions of people. (The world wars could not have been waged if the belligerents had stuck to the gold standard.)