A Century of War: Lincoln, Wilson, and Roosevelt, by John V. Denson
Judge Denson has, in this excellent book, expertly solved a difficult problem. Wars are a principal means for the state to increase its power.
U.S. History
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On the Impossibility of Limited Government and the Prospects for a Second American Revolution
At the outset of the American “experiment,” the tax burden was light. Money was gold and silver.
Wooden Nickels and Steel Pennies
Copper and nickel have a high dollar price because the dollar is rapidly losing its value, not because copper is scarce.
The Cause That Won’t Go Away
"No one is in a position to restrain the president, the Congress, or the courts so long as the dollar is as printable as paper."
Inconvenient Facts about World War II
One would like to think, though, that in view of the appalling massacres and destruction of the war, some better choices than the ones Churchill and Roosevelt made were possible.
