Classical Liberalism in the 21st Century: War and Peace by Richard M. Ebeling September 1, 2001 THE HISTORY OF MANKIND is a history of war, conquest, and oppression. From ancient times to the modern era, peace and freedom have been rare occurrences in the sweep of human events. When peace has prevailed for extended periods of time, it has invariably occurred under the yoke of despotic regimes that have wielded greater military force and internal political power to hold back the threat of rival kings and tyrants and maintain domestic stability. Freedom over the last 3,000 years has been an even rarer commodity. Even in such majestic cultures as ancient Athens and Rome that are regarded as heralds of the concept of liberty, only a handful of “free citizens” possessed a degree of liberty, while most people in those societies were bound into slavery. And when the ancient Hebrews were led ...
Classical Liberalism in the 21st Century: War and Peace by Future of Freedom Foundation April 1, 2010 THE HISTORY OF MANKIND is a history of war, conquest, and oppression. From ancient times to the modern era, peace and freedom have been rare occurrences in the sweep of human events. When peace has prevailed for extended periods of time, it has invariably occurred under the yoke of despotic regimes that have wielded greater military force and internal political power to hold back the threat of rival kings and tyrants and maintain domestic stability. Freedom over the last 3,000 years has been an even rarer commodity. Even in such majestic cultures as ancient Athens and Rome that are regarded as heralds of the concept of liberty, only a handful of “free citizens” possessed a degree of liberty, while most people in those societies were bound into slavery. And when the ancient Hebrews were ...
Classical Liberalism in the 21st Century: War and Peace by Future of Freedom Foundation April 2, 2010 THE HISTORY OF MANKIND is a history of war, conquest, and oppression. From ancient times to the modern era, peace and freedom have been rare occurrences in the sweep of human events. When peace has prevailed for extended periods of time, it has invariably occurred under the yoke of despotic regimes that have wielded greater military force and internal political power to hold back the threat of rival kings and tyrants and maintain domestic stability. Freedom over the last 3,000 years has been an even rarer commodity. Even in such majestic cultures as ancient Athens and Rome that are regarded as heralds of the concept of liberty, only a handful of “free citizens” possessed a degree of liberty, while most people in those societies were bound into slavery. And when the ancient Hebrews were ...
The Liberal Ideal for Peace and Against War by Richard M. Ebeling September 6, 2024 Wars, conquest, mass killings, occupation, and plunder have plagued the world for all of recorded history. Primitive tribes fighting over waterholes and hunting grounds. Kings and princes claiming divine right to rule over all those they conquer and impose their violent will upon. Nation-states asserting rights and claims to lands and peoples based on racial, ethnic, linguistic, or cultural ...
Market Liberalism, International Order, and World Peace, Part 2 by Future of Freedom Foundation April 2, 2010 Part 1 | Part 2 In 1952,free-market economist Michael A. Heilperin delivered a lecture entitled “An Economist’s Views on International Organization.” He told his audience, It is an elementary, but often forgotten, knowledge that policies of national governments have always been ...
Market Liberalism, International Order, and World Peace, Part 2 by Richard M. Ebeling December 1, 2000 Part 1 | Part 2 In 1952 ,free-market economist Michael A. Heilperin delivered a lecture entitled “An Economist’s Views on International Organization.” He told his audience, It is an elementary, but often forgotten, knowledge that policies of national governments have always been the principle obstacle to economic relations between people living in various countries, and that whenever these relations ...
Market Liberalism, International Order, and World Peace, Part 2 by Future of Freedom Foundation March 29, 2010 Part 1 | Part 2 In 1952,free-market economist Michael A. Heilperin delivered a lecture entitled “An Economist’s Views on International Organization.” He told his audience, It is an elementary, but often forgotten, knowledge that policies of national governments have always been ...
War, Peace, and Bill Clinton by Sheldon Richman October 1, 2000 SURVEYING THE HISTORY of England in The Rights of Man, Thomas Paine noted that “a bystander, not blinded by prejudice nor warped by interest, would declare that taxes were not raised to carry on wars, but that wars were raised to carry on taxes.” The United States government ...
War, Peace, and Bill Clinton by Future of Freedom Foundation March 29, 2010 SURVEYING THE HISTORY of England in The Rights of Man, Thomas Paine noted that “a bystander, not blinded by prejudice nor warped by interest, would declare that taxes were not raised to carry on wars, but that wars were raised to carry on taxes.” The United States government has ...
The Missing Peace Dividend by Rich Schwartzman February 14, 2012 I recall watching the TV news the evening that Germans were taking sledgehammers to the Berlin Wall. They were smashing it into little souvenirs, reminders of a world split in two for decades. I allowed myself to feel happy for a people who had never known any type of freedom, anything of life that was not under authoritarian rule. ...
Free Trade, Liberalism, and Peace by Richard M. Ebeling September 1, 2020 The classical liberals of the nineteenth century were certain that the end of the older mercantilist system — with its government control of trade and commerce, its bounties (subsidies) and prohibitions on exports and imports — would open wide vistas for improving the material conditions of man through the internationalization of the system of division of labor. They also ...
War, Peace, and Bill Clinton by Future of Freedom Foundation April 2, 2010 SURVEYING THE HISTORY of England in The Rights of Man, Thomas Paine noted that “a bystander, not blinded by prejudice nor warped by interest, would declare that taxes were not raised to carry on wars, but that wars were raised to carry on taxes.” The United States government has ...
