# The Economics of War

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Podcast: [Audio Mises Wire](https://stenobird.com/podcast/audio-mises-wire-1133748)
Published: 2026-05-13T17:53:50+00:00
Episode link: https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/economics-war
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## Resource

In this article from 1950, Murray Rothbard suggests some of the less bad ways of financing military operations. Hint: monetary inflation and taxing savings and investment are among the worst. Original article: https://mises.org/articles-interest/economics-war

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