The Warren Commision: A Rothbardian Analysis
Recorded at the Reassessing the Presidency seminar; March 2004. (27:02)
Recorded at the Reassessing the Presidency seminar; March 2004. (27:02)
Recorded at the 2003 Supporters Summit: Prosperty, War, and Depression.
(26:24)
Ronald Hamowy discusses Hayek and the Common Law: An Assessment at the 2002 Austrian Scholars Conference.
Alexandre Padilla talks about Rothbard on Agency Problems at the 2003 Austrian Scholars Conference.
Presented at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on February 28, 2003.
WWI was a kind of turning point. Bolshevism, National Socialism and fascism are related ideologies which surfaced after the war. Fascism was the wave of the future in 1920 with its notion of government central planning.
The warfare state does not want peace, it wants war. Conducting a permanent war requires three things. There must be an underlying convincing belief that the war is worthwhile. Some interest groups need to stand to gain money or power. And, crises need to provoke reliable and ongoing responses. World peace is not desirable.