Like presidents before him, Donald Trump is using the IRS as a weapon against organizations he doesn’t like. Richard Nixon did the same thing—and it helped bring down his presidency.
The late P.T. Bauer provided much insight into the issue of the so-called First World sending aid to Third World nations in the name of “development.” Bauer demonstrated conclusively that such donations actually impede economic growth in poor nations.
Only Congress, Not the President, Can Initiate War
Edwin S. Corwin in The President: Office and Powers, 1878–1957 has argued that the Constitution is a tussle for control between the executive and legislature.
While authors of The Price of Our Values claim that economists often substitute utilitarianism for moral values, they dismiss any idea of objective standards for morality.
Rothbard’s “Anatomy of the State” introduces the state as a unique, coercive institution, distinct from society. The latest Misesian expands on this view, examining historical commentary on the state’s emergence and its central role in modernity.
