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The politics and economics of global interventionism

A Review Essay of Opposing the Crusader State, Robert Higgs and Carl P. Close (eds.)

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Notes

  1. Rothbard originally wrote the manuscript in the 1970s. It was updated in the 1990s before his death, but it did not appear in print until 2007.

  2. One important exception is Kauffman (2008).

  3. For a related analysis of the pitfalls of the Marshall Plan, see Horwitz 1994.

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I would like to thank Pete Boettke, Steve Horwitz, and Pete Leeson for useful comments and suggestions.

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Coyne, C. The politics and economics of global interventionism. Rev Austrian Econ 22, 181–191 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11138-009-0085-5

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