T. Hunt Tooley

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Why Pete Hegseth Might Not Get Confirmed as Secretary of Defense

12/06/2024 Power & Market T. Hunt Tooley

[ Editor’s note: Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, has faced some significant opposition to his nomination in the US Senate. His nomination is by no means assured, although his...

American Imperialism and Our Bipartisan Warfare State

08/30/2024 The Misesian T. Hunt Tooley

The Misesian (TM): You have remarked that after 1900, all the pieces come into place for modernity in terms of the American warfare state. What are some of these pieces and how did they fall into...

Was the French Revolution Good or Bad?

10/23/2023 Mises Wire T. Hunt Tooley

For a number of reasons, the French Revolution is a kind of Rorschach Test for educated people. One cause of this phenomenon, if I may pile on metaphors, is clearly the blind man/elephant problem...

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To Smoke or Not to Smoke: The Cigarette Economy in Postwar Germany, 1945–48

07/25/2023 T. Hunt Tooley

Postwar Germany was occupied, in ruins, with an economy in chaos. Germans were reduced to using cigarettes supplied by American GIs as money.

Panel: “Prospects for Peace in the Age of Trump”

04/09/2017 T. Hunt Tooley Phil Giraldi Daniel McAdams

A panel discussion and question-and-answer period featuring Hunt Tooley, Phil Giraldi, and Daniel McAdams.

Stalemate, Crisis, and the Triumph of the Modern State

11/24/2014 T. Hunt Tooley

One hundred years ago, the combatants of World War One fought themselves to a standstill. The warring regimes then used the opportunity to clamp down on internal dissent and a host of other liberties, writes T. Hunt Tooley. This audio Mises Daily is

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