Congress should
- reject the myth that war and warmaking creates prosperity
- allow Americans to build and spend their money on peaceful
pursuits by
- beating swords into plowshares
“War prosperity is like the prosperity that an
earthquake or a plague brings.”
—Ludwig von Mises, Nation,
State, and Economy, p. 154
The
Myth of War Prosperity by Robert Higgs
- The Myth
of War Prosperity, by Rep. Ron Paul
- The Myth of War Prosperity Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
March 6, 2003. There is a longstanding myth that war
benefits the economy. The argument goes that when a ...
www.antiwar.com/paul/paul63.html
- War
Prosperity: The Fallacy that Won't Die:
- Feb 6, 2003 ... As Ludwig
von Mises wrote in the aftermath of World War I, “war
prosperity is like the prosperity that an earthquake or
a plague brings.”
www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=442
- The Myth
of War Prosperity, Part 1
- The Myth of War Prosperity, Part 1 by Anthony
Gregory, Posted March 30, 2007. Part 1 | Part 2. Depression,
War, and Cold War: Studies in Political Economy ...
www.fff.org/freedom/fd0612g.asp
- The Myth
of War Prosperity, Part 2
- Apr 2, 2007 ... The Iraq War
has not brought about war prosperity as advertised,
nor has it resulted in cheaper gas the way cynical leftist
critics thought ...
www.fff.org/freedom/fd0701g.asp
- Wartime
Prosperity? A Reassessment of the U.S. Economy in
the 1940's by R Higgs - Related
articles
- Mar 1, 1992 ... “War
prosperity is like the prosperity that an earthquake or
a plague brings. ... During the war the government
pulled the equivalent of 22 ...
www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=138
“Regime
Uncertainty: Why the Great Depression Lasted So Long and
Prosperity Resumed after the War,” by Robert Higgs
“From
Central Planning to the Market: The American Transition,
1945-1947,” by Robert Higgs
“Wartime
Socialization of Investment: A Reassessment of U.S. Capital
Formation in the 1940s,” by Robert Higgs
“Crisis
and Quasi-Corporatist Policy-Making: The U.S. Case in
Historical Perspective,” by Robert Higgs
“National
Emergency and the Erosion of Private Property Rights,”
by Robert Higgs and Charlotte Twight
“World
War II and the Triumph of Keynesianism,” by Robert Higgs
“World
War II and the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex,”
by Robert Higgs
“How
War Amplified Federal Power in the Twentieth Century,”
by Robert Higgs
Crisis
and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American
Government, by Robert Higgs
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