Annelise G. Anderson

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The Development of Municipal Fire Departments in the United States

04/11/2019 Journal of Libertarian Studies Annelise G. Anderson

Volume 3, Number 3 (1979) 1. Introduction In 1852 not one city in the United States paid its firemen; they were all volunteers. By 1880 most of the cities with more than 10,000 people—and many with...

The Magic Printing Press

04/14/2008 Mises Wire Annelise G. Anderson

John H. Makin, American Enterprise Institute, writing in t he WSJ, on avoiding nationalization by destroying the dollar: In my view, the least bad option is for the Federal Reserve to print money to...

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