Dr. Saifedean Ammous | John | Activity https://academy.saifedean.com/members/schubart_sovereignly/activity/ Activity feed for John. Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:31:10 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.21.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 ae80a62bcde142ab16cd007c5c418a15 John started the discussion Rothbard: "government spending... is solely consumption" in the forum Economics study group https://academy.saifedean.com/groups/economics-study-group/forum/discussion/rothbard-government-spending-is-solely-consumption/ Thu, 22 Dec 2022 01:29:47 +0000 Rothbard: "government spending... is solely consumption"

At the beginning of Chap 7 of America’s Great Depression, Rothbard writes: “government spending, whatever the label attached to it, is solely consumption.”
I understand the sentiment here- most government spending is suboptimal compared to private investment. Surely in the 10,000 year history of humanity, at least a few government projects could…

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