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BK Marcus is an amateur political economist with no formal education in the subject.

He works from Charlottesville, Virginia, as an editorial consultant for the Ludwig von Mises Institute.

He is no longer a house husband, nor a faculty spouse, but he is still a dilettante, and a layabout, at least in spirit.

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"It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a 'dismal science.' But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance."

Murray Rothbard

Benjamin Tucker Marcus
June 18, 2008

wars are not caused by isolationists and peaceniks

March 8th, 2008 by bkmarcus

"People are going to get really angry at Baker for criticizing their favorite war," writes Mark Kurlansky at the LA Times.

Human Smoke

could help the world to understand that there is no Just War, there is just war — and that wars are not caused by isolationists and peaceniks but by the promoters of warfare.

[link and emphasis added]

Anthony Gregory writes:

I find it very encouraging that World War II revisionism is becoming an open topic in our culture. I hope that in the next few decades, it loses its unique status as the one historical war we're not supposed to scrutinize too closely. This review and book help me in that hope.

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