00:13 🌐 War's role in government growth is often underestimated, overshadowed by focus on events like the New Deal. 01:35 📈 World War I significantly expanded the U.S. government, nationalizing industries and influencing economic policies. 02:47 📜 The military draft not only shaped the nation at war but also influenced political and economic development over the past 80 years. 06:10 🇺🇸 Wartime measures included suppressing criticism, limiting free speech, and subverting constitutional rights. 10:06 💼 Post-World War I, some regulatory apparatus persisted, influencing agencies and policies in the subsequent years. 13:39🌐 World War II led to unprecedented government size, scope, and power, with conscription driving its growth. 15:54 💰 World War II was about ten times more expensive than World War I, necessitating extensive taxation, borrowing, and market interventions. 18:38 🔄 Conscription served as a justification for government coercion, expanding its control over the economy. 20:04 🚨 World War II saw massive denials of human rights, including the internment of Japanese Americans and restrictions on civil liberties. 23:01 🌐 The wartime experience provided ideological support for a larger federal government, influencing public opinion and shaping post-war policies. 28:25 📈 The experiments of World War I, the New Deal, and World War II transformed the political economy, making the growth of government seemingly irreversible.
I use to collect old national geographic magazines. in the 20s And 30s. Marxism and Nazism were somewhat popular in America once. FDR was very interested in Italian fasism during that period. people in power tend to be drawn to authoritarianism
They also gladly tore down their historic inner cities without having been hit by any Allied bomb.
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@@christiank1251 The pre-industrial historic city centers are well preserved in booth Göteborg and Stockholm. We can't keep all the crap they built during the industrial expansion.
@ I am glad to hear that, and I agree that Stockholm is one of the two most beautiful places I have seen (tie with Florence). My standard of comparison however is the abomination of Uppsala's Stora Torget, and I bet there are many more like it. Also, from the photographic evidence I saw thereof, I certainly would not call "crap" what they tore down there only to replace it with washed concrete. And Uppsala still is of outstanding beauty, no matter how hard they tried. All that said, I do not wish bombing raids on any city or town, even if urban renewal advocates would call for it. But kudos for defending your country, it sure is worth it.
Higgs is the best. An example of how intellect and reason serve to improve morality.
00:13 🌐 War's role in government growth is often underestimated, overshadowed by focus on events like the New Deal.
01:35 📈 World War I significantly expanded the U.S. government, nationalizing industries and influencing economic policies.
02:47 📜 The military draft not only shaped the nation at war but also influenced political and economic development over the past 80 years.
06:10 🇺🇸 Wartime measures included suppressing criticism, limiting free speech, and subverting constitutional rights.
10:06 💼 Post-World War I, some regulatory apparatus persisted, influencing agencies and policies in the subsequent years.
13:39🌐 World War II led to unprecedented government size, scope, and power, with conscription driving its growth.
15:54 💰 World War II was about ten times more expensive than World War I, necessitating extensive taxation, borrowing, and market interventions.
18:38 🔄 Conscription served as a justification for government coercion, expanding its control over the economy.
20:04 🚨 World War II saw massive denials of human rights, including the internment of Japanese Americans and restrictions on civil liberties.
23:01 🌐 The wartime experience provided ideological support for a larger federal government, influencing public opinion and shaping post-war policies.
28:25 📈 The experiments of World War I, the New Deal, and World War II transformed the political economy, making the growth of government seemingly irreversible.
I use to collect old national geographic magazines. in the 20s And 30s. Marxism and Nazism were somewhat popular in America once. FDR was very interested in Italian fasism during that period. people in power tend to be drawn to authoritarianism
Collectivists.
Yup, absolutely they did!
And it’s popular now as well.
gotta watch this on the economics of war
22:44 214 billion dollars is how much the federal government borrows every 22 days…
Sweden built the words largest welfare state without being in war for 200 years...
They also gladly tore down their historic inner cities without having been hit by any Allied bomb.
@@christiank1251 The pre-industrial historic city centers are well preserved in booth Göteborg and Stockholm. We can't keep all the crap they built during the industrial expansion.
@ I am glad to hear that, and I agree that Stockholm is one of the two most beautiful places I have seen (tie with Florence).
My standard of comparison however is the abomination of Uppsala's Stora Torget, and I bet there are many more like it. Also, from the photographic evidence I saw thereof, I certainly would not call "crap" what they tore down there only to replace it with washed concrete. And Uppsala still is of outstanding beauty, no matter how hard they tried.
All that said, I do not wish bombing raids on any city or town, even if urban renewal advocates would call for it. But kudos for defending your country, it sure is worth it.