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Calls for Central Planning in the COVID-19 Panic Are like the Calls for the “War Socialism” of Old

April 12, 2020 by Counter Markets

By Philipp Bagus In dark hours, when people fear for their lives, they eagerly deliver their freedom to the state. Many want the government take control of their lives, because they think it will be better for them. Ludwig von Mises has written extensively about the erroneous belief that in an emergency the state must take control of the economy because the market economy … [Read more...] about Calls for Central Planning in the COVID-19 Panic Are like the Calls for the “War Socialism” of Old

Why Central Planning by Medical Experts Will Lead to Disaster

April 9, 2020 by Counter Markets

By Gary Galles A great deal of the coverage of the COVID-19 crisis has been apocalyptic. That is partly because “if it bleeds, it leads.” But it is also because some of the medical experts with media megaphones have put forward potentially catastrophic scenarios and drastic plans to deal with them, reinforced by assertions that the rest of us should “listen to the experts,” … [Read more...] about Why Central Planning by Medical Experts Will Lead to Disaster

What Comes After the Coronavirus, Freedom or Despotism?

March 31, 2020 by Counter Markets

By Richard M. Ebeling The coronavirus crisis that has enveloped the world has brought about calls for society and economy-wide action on the part of governments that has been matched by the imposing of radical shutdowns and compulsory mass quarantining as tens of millions of people are told to not to go to work and to stay at home instead. Governments have also been … [Read more...] about What Comes After the Coronavirus, Freedom or Despotism?

Aristophanes, Central Planning, and the Enduring Appeal of Utopian Fantasies

June 11, 2019 by Counter Markets

By Sarah Skwire Ludwig von Mises’s essay “Economic Calculation in the Socialist Commonwealth,” references Aristophanes’ play The Birds and the medieval fantasy of the idyllic and work-free Land of Cockaigne when Mises notes of socialist planners that, Economics as such figures all too sparsely in the glamorous pictures painted by the Utopians. They invariably explain how, … [Read more...] about Aristophanes, Central Planning, and the Enduring Appeal of Utopian Fantasies

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