Hope you enjoy the following links:
"When the barbarians entered Rome in 476 and swept aside the last of the
Roman emperors, Rome was a shell of its former self. The barbarians
didn’t kill Rome; Romans committed economic and moral suicide." Lawrence W. Reed on Greece
echoes Rome
"Adam Smith described political economy as "a branch of the science of a
statesman or legislator." Governmental power joined with wrongheadedness
is something terrible, but all too common. Realizing that many of our
leaders and their constituents are economically unenlightened sheds
light on the troubles that surround us." Daniel B. Klein on Are
you smarter Than a Fifth Grader
Thomas E. Woods on Beware the Free Market! Exploitation, Child Labor, Poverty...!