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Does Government Create Wealth or Consume It?
Defenders of big government often argue that roads, courts, and national defense prove the state is indispensable to prosperity, but this reasoning contains a fatal flaw. The state has no independent source of wealth: it first expropriates resources from private producers through taxation, then provides services with those resources, and finally points to those same […]
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Tocqueville and Overreach
Alexis de Tocqueville warned us of the dangers of paternalistic government in no uncertain terms. He visited America and was able to see the unique strengths and weaknesses of our Democratic system. He saw how much of our activity was controlled by the community, and the unique freedom that was possible in our country. While […]
Eisenhower and the Threat of Military Overreach
In a timeless and ominously prophetic speech, Eisenhower left the nation after his eight years in office with a warning that no one at the time understood the significance of. Although Eisenhower had been at the very heart of America’s military might during World War II, he believed that what he and other American Americans […]
Printing Power: How Central Banks Fuel State Dominance
This week marks the 111th anniversary of the creation of the Federal Reserve, an institution that has primarily served the interests of the political class and its cronies. With the power to print money continually expanding, it’s worth analyzing the phenomena of central banking throughout history. The following article was originally published by the Mises […]
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