How do the media affect public support for democratic institutions in a fragile democracy? What role do they play in a dictatorial regime? We study these questions in the context of Germany of the 1920s and 1930s. During the democratic period, when the Weimar government introduced pro-government...

Can infrastructure investment win “hearts and minds”? We analyze a famous case – the building of the highway network in Nazi Germany. Construction began shortly after Hitler’s takeover of the government, and was one of the regime’s most important projects. We collect new data on...

Der spätere Nobelpreisträger Friedrich A. von Hayek publizierte kurz vor dem D-Day des Jahres 1944 sein analytisches Meisterstück The Road to Serfdom. Er präsentierte damit eine präzise Beschreibung der wesentlichen gesellschaftspolitischen Ursachen, die zu der nationalsozialistischen...

Intro -- Ludwig von Mises, Omnipotent Government -- Front Matter -- Title Page -- Copyright Details -- Table of Contents, p. vii -- Foreword to the Liberty Fund Edition, p. xi -- Preface, p. xiii -- Omnipotent Government -- Introduction, p. 1 -- Part I. The Collapse of German Liberalism, p. 21...

Intro -- European Business, Dictatorship, and Political Risk, 1920-1945 -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I. Introductory Essays -- Chapter 1. Business, Political Risk, and Historians in the Twentieth Century -- Chapter 2. Multinationals and Dictatorship -- Part II....