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The Law of Civilization and Decay by Brooks Adams

The Law of Civilization and Decay by Brooks Adams

"Wherever civilization has reached the point at which energy expresses itself through money, faith must be subordinate to the representative of wealth"

Outlines of American Political Economy by Friedrich List

Outlines of American Political Economy by Friedrich List

"Government has not only the right, but it is its duty, to promote everything which may increase the wealth and power of the nation"

Essays on Animal Husbandry by Jared Eliot

Essays on Animal Husbandry by Jared Eliot

"He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity."

History of Monetary Systems by Alexander del Mar

Alexander del Mar

History of Monetary Systems by Alexander del Mar

“[M]onuments had come to be regarded only as so much bullion, and every provincial governor or barbarian king would be tempted to reduce them to metal, in order that, upon recoining them, his own upstart image might shine in the glass that had once reflected a Romulus, a Caesar”

"Incelcore vs. the World" Ruined an Entire Generation of Artists

"Incelcore vs. the World" Ruined an Entire Generation of Artists

"The same elements of the internet that help to cultivate and disseminate the ideas of dissident political movements seem to preclude those movements from a healthy and well-tended taste for the arts"

Social Science and National Economy by Robert Ellis Thompson

Robert Ellis Thompson

Social Science and National Economy by Robert Ellis Thompson

"It might be easily and fairly elaborated into an economical history of the earth, for that history is nothing but the story of man's conquest of nature's resistance and the progressive mastery of her manifold utilities"

Railroads: Their Origin and Problems by Charles Francis Adams Jr.

Charles Francis Adams Jr.

Railroads: Their Origin and Problems by Charles Francis Adams Jr.

"The railroads have had a profound effect on American society. They have made possible the growth of a national market, and they have helped to create a more unified nation. They have also had a major impact on the development of cities and towns."

Roads, Rails, & Waterways: The Army Engineers and Early Transportation by Forest G. Hill

Roads, Rails, & Waterways: The Army Engineers and Early Transportation by Forest G. Hill

"Transportation is the lifeblood of a nation. Without adequate transportation facilities, no country can achieve its full economic potential."

Communism and Nationalism: Karl Marx versus Friedrich List by Roman Szporluk

Communism and Nationalism: Karl Marx versus Friedrich List by Roman Szporluk

"The need of a constantly expanding market for its products chases the bourgeoisie over the entire surface of the globe. It must nestle everywhere, settle everywhere, establish connections everywhere"

A History of Monetary Crimes by Alexander del Mar

Alexander del Mar

A History of Monetary Crimes by Alexander del Mar

"No metal, as such, can measure value with precision or equity. This is what Money alone can effect; and if there were no question of policy in the matter, I should advocate a monetary system independent of metals."

A New Monetary System by Edward Kellogg

A New Monetary System by Edward Kellogg

"The money of a nation, instead of being a power by which a few capitalists may monopolize the greater part of the earnings of labor, ought to be a power which should distribute products to producers, according to their labor expended in the production."

The Tragedy of Great Power Politics by John Mearsheimer

John Mearsheimer

The Tragedy of Great Power Politics by John Mearsheimer

"War is a frequent occurrence in great power politics. It is not the result of irrationality or miscalculation, but rather of the rational pursuit of self-interest in an anarchic world."

A Manual of Political Economy by Erasmus Peshine Smith

Erasmus Peshine Smith

A Manual of Political Economy by Erasmus Peshine Smith

"In reading certain Economists, one might be led to think that the products of industry were not made for man, but that man was made for the products"