War is a Racket | Veterans Today

USMC Maj. Gen. (ret.) Smedley Darlington Butler details in his almost forgotten 1935 essay how he was a “high class muscle-man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers."

The Myth of Free-Market Healthcare - Kel Kelly - Mises Daily

Like with nearly every other sector of the economy, it's a joint venture between the state, and corporations says Kel Kelly.

Surviving the Great Depression II? Yes, we can!

by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.

For years, many of us puzzled about how something so stupid and destructive as the New Deal could have happened. The stock market crashed because it was over-inflated. That's nothing new. History is filled with credit-filled bubbles that pop. Resources are reallocated to reflect economic reality and we move on.

The New Deal was different. It actually began under Hoover, who initiated new spending programs and jobs programs, and tried to inflate the money supply and bail out the banks. He was blasted by FDR for his big government policies, and FDR won the election. Once in power, FDR went nuts, instituting a program of central planning that combined features of the Soviet and Fascist models.

For more on this commentary, go to LewRockwell.com