George Ford Smith

Articles

Once Again, A Crisis Raises the Question: Why Does the State Exist?

03/30/2026 Mises Wire George Ford Smith

As government lurches from one crisis to another, people demand the government fix the problems it causes. Maybe we need to rethink the “government to the rescue” myth.

Is Another Stone Age in the Making?

03/16/2026 Mises Wire George Ford Smith

As war drums beat again, this time against Iran, we ask ourselves if recklessness from Donald Trump and European and Israeli leaders is pushing us to catastrophe.

The Real Threat Is Artificial Credit, Not Artificial Intelligence

03/09/2026 Mises Wire George Ford Smith

While elites tell us we need to fear artificial intelligence, they continue to approve of the Federal Reserve’s attempts to expand artificial credit, which is the real threat to our economic well-being.

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Is Another Stone Age in the Making?

03/16/2026 George Ford Smith

As war drums beat again, this time against Iran, we ask ourselves if recklessness from Donald Trump and European and Israeli leaders is pushing us to catastrophe.

Nock’s War on the State

02/23/2026 George Ford Smith

Before Murray Rothbard, there was Albert Jay Nock laying intellectual broadsides against the tyranny of the state. While Nock (unlike Rothbard) never called for total abolishment of the state, he did want as minimal a state as could be had.

Have Fiat Money, Will Tyrannize

02/04/2026 George Ford Smith

Thanks to the Federal Reserve, the US government will always have enough printed money to fund its tyrannical schemes.

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