Pierre Lemieux is an economist affiliated with the University of Québec in Outaouais. He is the author of many books, the latest of which is The Public Debt Problem: A Comprehensive Guide (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013). He lives in Maine.
The end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th was an epoch of rapid technological and political change, accompanied by doubts, fears, and often violence. Anarchists (of the collectivist variety) roamed over Europe and exploded bombs ...