The advocates for war always rely on lies and dismissing any debate. When the lies are pointed out, those interested in the truth are attacked as conspirators with the enemy. Debate is beneath the foreign policy “experts,” perhaps because they know their ideas aren’t defensible.
Thanks to President Trump‘s brinkmanship, tariffs are in the headlines. However, while the public knows about tariffs, few people actually understand them, their history, and how they work.
One cannot preserve a free society merely through legal reforms or economic deregulation. One must cultivate citizens capable of living freely.
Emily Ekins and Hunter Johnson 53 Percent Say Congress Should Not Let the Tax Cuts Expire; 59 Percent Favor Repealing Green Energy Subsidies to Pay for Permanent Tax Cuts; 54 Percent of Strong Liberals Say Violence Against Rich Sometimes Justified; a Third of Adults Under 30
According to Keynesian "economics," central bank interest rate cuts will make the economy stronger—unless the economy is in a "liquidity trap." The truth is that these kinds of monetary tricks actually weaken the economy.
Mises explicitly says in that book that Soviet Russia should be allowed to expand in Eastern Europe after World War II ends, in order to prevent the rebirth of a strong Germany.
People like to believe that national defense is outside of economic analysis, but the reality is that laws of economics are immutable and universal. A case in point is the development of the F-35 Lightning II fighter jet.
In February, the money-supply growth rate accelerated and continued near a two-year high. Meanwhile, the Fed is chickening out in its efforts to shrink the Fed‘s balance sheet.
With many in the ruling classes violently reacting to DOGE, one figures that Elon Musk might be on the right path. He could learn much more about the dead hand of government if he were to read Ludwig von Mises.