Comments on: Daily dose of historical revisionism: East German style http://libertarianstandard.com/2012/08/24/daily-dose-of-historical-revisionism-east-german-style/ Property - Prosperity - Peace Mon, 20 May 2013 06:54:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Richard Cheimisonhttp://libertarianstandard.com/2012/08/24/daily-dose-of-historical-revisionism-east-german-style/#comment-2852 Richard Cheimison Sat, 20 Oct 2012 06:44:57 +0000 http://libertarianstandard.com/?p=11576#comment-2852 You know, I was wondering just the other day about what sort of bullshit and counter-productive activity was involved with Raygun and the Berlin Wall. Now I know!

]]> By: TomShttp://libertarianstandard.com/2012/08/24/daily-dose-of-historical-revisionism-east-german-style/#comment-2787 TomS Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:16:51 +0000 http://libertarianstandard.com/?p=11576#comment-2787 -until you pulled out the guns…

]]> By: TomShttp://libertarianstandard.com/2012/08/24/daily-dose-of-historical-revisionism-east-german-style/#comment-2786 TomS Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:15:56 +0000 http://libertarianstandard.com/?p=11576#comment-2786 Why did the West German experiment with freer markets and open trade (“the Miracle on the Rhine” or Wirtschaftswunder) create a wealthier and healthier population compared to their culturally identical cousins?

I would change your answer from 2 words to 1 word: violence.

You can tell people all day long they have to sell something at a price you have decided is fair. But they will probably ignore you until pulled out the guns and started shooting.

]]> By: Stephan Kinsellahttp://libertarianstandard.com/2012/08/24/daily-dose-of-historical-revisionism-east-german-style/#comment-2778 Stephan Kinsella Sat, 25 Aug 2012 13:46:33 +0000 http://libertarianstandard.com/?p=11576#comment-2778 Nice post. In my blogpost Hoppe on East vs. West Germany and the Fall of the Wall and my Visit to CheckPoint Charlie and My Piece of the Wall, I talk about my own visit to the Wall shortly after it fell, in August 1990.

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