The Calamity of the Great War

The Calamity of the Great War
Munitions workers packing shells for field guns, in the packing room of a munitions factory during the First World War, circa 1916. Keystone View Company/FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Earlier this year, a meme emerged that lots of men were thinking about the fall of Rome. It’s very likely true. I was certainly thinking about it, as inflation raged, decadence and dependence swept the population, criminality took over cities, and immigration created the feeling of a nation being sacked.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]