World History

The province of Somaliland declared separation from the nation of Somalia

The right of self-determination is the right of the inhabitants of every territory to decide on the state to which they wish to belong.

It is important to note that states and what we know as taxes gradually emerged through war, conquest, plunder, and tribute. While the organization has changed and become formalized over time, states and taxes have not lost their coercive character.

As the Marxians do not admit that differences of opinion can be settled by discussion and persuasion or decided by majority vote, no solution is open but civil war.

Before J. M. Keynes and Stephanie Kelton, there was John Law. The promise of free money never seems to die.

Before J. M. Keynes and Stephanie Kelton, there was John Law. The promise of free money never seems to die.

The real founders of economic science actually wrote hundreds of years before Adam Smith. 

It's unknown what Trump thinks is the real reason for the current war with Iran, but stealing the oil is perhaps on the list, right after bombing the country "back to the stone ages." 

Paul Schroeder (1927–2020) was generally regarded as the greatest American diplomatic historian specializing in Europe: The Transformation of European Politics, 1763–1848.

Easterly questions if economic development is really development unless all parties have the right and opportunity to consent voluntarily in their own decisions