Mises Wire
Author:
Grant M. Nülle
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Spreading democracy is one of the mantra’s of U.S. foreign policy. Austrians, of course, know otherwise. The military is often used not for alturistic aims, but to secure the financial interests of unscrupulous firms that have an influence over government policy. I found a most frank example in a recent article in The Economist, “The view from