What caused the war? Why did the Union defeat the Confederacy? What were the consequences of the War? The premise of the book is that historians have a comparative advantage in describing such events, but economists have the tools to help explain these events. This book does so, and marvelously. The authors use Austrian and Public Choice analysis
Economist and Mises Institute Associated Scholar Robert Ekelund recently teamed up with former US Senator Phil Gramm and John Early to write The Myth of American Inequality: How Government Biases Policy Debate . The book was released this month by Rowman and Littlefield Publishers. In it, the authors explore some of the many ways that the debate
Anyone who wants cuts in the size and scope of government should be concerned and frustrated with the policies of President George Bush and the Republican-controlled Congress. Government spending has increased enormously and the federal budget has plunged ever more into deficit. Protectionism, regulation and government power are on the rise, and
As the economic debacle facing Americans continues to materialize, those responsible are running for cover with ten Republican senators refusing to attend their own national convention. Four years ago we observed that the so-called “Republican philosophy” of small government, sound money, and balanced budgets was illusory in terms of the history
Volume 4, No. 1 (Spring 2001) It is important to note that the economic theory of war does not necessarily displace the historical explanations that rest on such factors as internal dissension, a failure of leadership or diplomacy, the demise of the railroads or the economy, or some combination of these factors. Rather, economic theory,
Volume 14, No. 2 (Summer 2011) Ludwig H. Mai was an amalgam of intellectual influences. Most certainly he was partly an Austrian “fellow traveler” — one who had deep respect for Carl Menger and Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk as well as his professor and anti-statist Franz Oppenheimer (who was also an indirect influence on Murray Rothbard ). That
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