Coercive Foreign Policies and the Boomerang Effect

Coercive Foreign Policies and the Boomerang Effect

More than a century ago, Mark Twain noted that if a "Great Republic" goes about "trampling on the helpless abroad," then that government stands a good chance of turning against its own citizens. But why does a government's intervention into other countries raise the risk of curtailing liberties at home? The short answer, according to Independent Review co-editor Christopher J. Coyne and Independent Institute Research Fellow Abigail R. Hall, is that coercive foreign intervention sets in motion various politico-economic mechanisms that cause it to act like a boomerang, knocking down freedoms in the "throwing" country. READ MOREhttp://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/detail.asp?id=1567#3948