World War II Did Not End the Great Depression
The illusion of wartime prosperity is rooted in how national income was calculated and in how the statistics were compiled, writes Art Carden.
War and Foreign Policy
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No Treason, no. 1
Before the civil war, there were some grounds for saying that, at least in theory, our government was a free one — that it rested on consent, write
The Real Meaning of “Defense”
Obey or die. Isn't this the philosophy of all government in all times and all places?
Is QE3 Ahead?
History is littered with monetary managers who believed they were in total control — until the disaster hit.
Once-Temporary Tariff
When the Civil War closed, the revenue acts that had been hastily passed during its course constituted a chaotic mass, writes F.W. Taussig.
The Libyan People versus Muammar Gaddafi
We are living in an Orwell novel, so it is not expected that anyone would remember President Ronald Reagan’s war on Libya in 1986.
QE2 and Egypt
Higher food prices set off the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt and the mass protests in countries like Algeria, Jordan, Yemen, Bahrain, and Iran.
The Rise of Statism
Higgs's book is that rare and wondrous combination: scholarly and hard-hitting, lucidly written and libertarian as well.
