A sign is shown as first Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson, not seen, delivers remarks during a news conference at the U.S. Attorney's Office inside the U.S. Courthouse in Minneapolis on Dec. 18, 2025. Kerem Yücel/Minnesota Public Radio via AP
There is nothing historically native about the American welfare state. It was a German import in the Progressive Era, built with full confidence that the experts could create population security and solidarity better than philanthropy or religious charity.
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]
