…his 1935 book and speeches. He argued that war creates massive profits for a small “inside” group at the expense of many. He became a vocal anti-war activist and critic…

…infantry war in Asia. Mac Arthur presciently warned against a conventional war in Asia and his “run in” with Truman was less insubordination than demanding the president keep to the…

originally posted at Economist’s view by Mark Thoma Stiglitz and Bilmes: The True Cost of the Iraq War Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes: The true cost of the Iraq war:…

…US is currently at “war” against terrorists when explaining his authority to override US law (note that the “war” he is referring to is not the war in Iraq, but…

…neocon supporters, assembled pundits, and others swore we were nonetheless “at war” and the country in “wartime,” after our media beat the drums for “war” and assured us that “war”…

…Is war like winter? There is a deep philosophical idea here. If we get really philosophical, my personal view on war is that it is good that we have had…

…they can always play their trump card, the “road to serfdom” argument.  The war on the war on covid features constant claims that covid restrictions will last forever and extinguish…

…this week signed a letter in The Lancet that strongly warns against vaccine boosters? This is a remarkable sign that the project of government-managed virus mitigation is in the final…

…the Civil War. Far more than writing a traditional revenue act to address the catastrophic war that had demonstrated its horrors just two weeks earlier at the Battle of Bull…

…devoted to the war in Ukraine and what has passed for U.S. diplomacy the past few weeks. But we also talked about his new book War and Power, and I was…