Ludwig von Mises on Centralized States
September 15, 2014
“Every step toward more government interference and toward more planning means at the same time an expansion of the jurisdiction of the central government. . . . It is a very significant fact that the adversaries of the trend toward more government control describe their opposition as a fight against Washington and against Berne [Switzerland], i.e., against centralization. It is conceived as a contest of states’ rights versus the central power.”
—Omnipotent Government, p. 268
Dr. Thomas DiLorenzo [send him mail] is a former professor of economics at Loyola University Maryland and a longtime member of the senior faculty of the Mises Institute. He is the author or co-author of eighteen books including The Real Lincoln; How Capitalism Saved America; Lincoln Unmasked; Hamilton's Curse; Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government; The Problem with Socialism; and The Politically-Incorrect Guide to Economics.
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