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Politics and Libertarianism
According to the documentary "Liberty and economics" which focuses on the work of the economist Ludwig von Mises, the free market works in an ideal fashion because consumers can decide what they wish to buy in a free and unfettered manner. Von Mises' thought was heavily shaped by his experiences as a Jew living in Nazi Germany: he saw Nazism, socialism, and communism all as ideologies which attempted to deprive people of the ability to make decisions on their own terms. Von Mises believed that all economic problems were rooted in mismanagement by the government and centralized authority. He was a great advocate of the gold standard as a method of ensuring market independence. Von Mises was extremely unpopular because he condemned both fascism and communism as statism and contrary to liberty: conventional economic liberalism was very unpopular when he was writing and frowned upon as antiquated.
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This can be seen in John Stossel's documentary "The road to serfdom" which creates a picture of America in which people who deserve to 'rise to the top' based upon market forces but who are kept in check by government bureaucracy. However, the premise of Stossel's argument is that all people start on a level playing field and that attempting to enforce fairness is wrong and is 'dragging the top down.' They argue that the wealth generated by the wealthiest 1% will elevate the bottom 5%, i.e., suggesting that a 'rising tide will lift all boats' based upon the wisdom of the individual hand of the marketplace. Stossel is highly critical of the concept of trying to eliminate inequality, arguing that it is a natural state of human affairs. Justice is a 'level playing field' not equality, he states, although the extent to which…
References
Liberty and economics. Retrieved from:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpATNp5DjYI
Tassel, J. On the road to serfdom. Retrieved from:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT0MqaWbwjo
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