The Clinton administration and its friends are using global financial problems to push an antiquated agenda. These unreconstructed Keynesians are calling for a “Global New Deal,” ostensibly to put an end, once and for all, to the business cycle. President Clinton championed this view in a speech before a joint meeting of the World Bank and IMF. He
Reassessing the U.S. Presidency October 16-17, 1998 Callaway Gardens and Warm Springs, Georgia The worst of the allegations against the president are alarming. But American history is littered with examples of abuses of executive power that go well beyond personal corruption. Where can you go in the library to find the truth about the havoc U.S.
The Free Market 16, no. 1 (January 1998) History books and the popular culture are full of stories about how “the white man” brutally mistreated the American Indians during the latter half of the nineteenth century. Greedy capitalists are usually portrayed as the villains, killing Indians by the thousands to make way for the railroads in
The Free Market 16, no. 2 (February 1998) In recent months, we have been inundated with a pro-Teddy Roosevelt barrage from PBS to the Weekly Standard . He was, writes David Brooks, “a distinctly American kind that married nationalism to individualism.” His bust adorns the desks of Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, Bob Dole. His profile is carved into
The Free Market 16, no. 3 (March 1998) While American “liberals” tend to view Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, and Bill Clinton as their political and philosophical idols, conservatives at the Weekly Standard magazine and elsewhere have begun touting Henry Clay as their first political icon. But Henry Clay can only be considered to be
The Free Market 16, no. 7 (July 1998) Far from having been reformed, much less abolished, welfare continues to grow. The most recent example is the attempt by the Clinton administration to convince Americans that there is a “child care crisis,” which can only be “solved” through expansion of government. The welfare state has become a deeply
The Free Market 16, no. 8 (August 1998) November and December mark the bicentennial of the Kentucky and Virginia Resolves. Penned by Jefferson and Madison, the Resolves are peerless for their brief but masterful explication of the Constitution. Though there will be no parades or celebrations of the Resolves 200 th birthday, the subjects—formerly
The Free Market 16, no. 11 (November 1998) Big media outlets are ignoring the quiet revolution that is taking place across America. Politicians don’t talk too much about it for obvious reasons. This revolution is building incredible momentum. It now threatens the legitimacy of every level of government, the viability of government management of
Only If It’s Peaceful Mises Review 4, No. 3 (Fall 1998) “IMMIGRATION SYMPOSIUM” Ralph Raico, Ed. Journal of Libertarian Studies 13, no. 2 (Summer 1998) Most libertarians have in recent years favored “open borders,” but this indispensable collection of articles throws that view into serious question. Some of the contributors, e.g., Walter Block,
Deconstructing Rorty Mises Review 4, No. 2 (Summer 1998) ACHIEVING OUR COUNTRY: LEFTIST THOUGHT IN 20TH-CENTURY AMERICA Richard Rorty Harvard University Press, 1998, 159 pgs. Richard Rorty is a distinguished analytic philosopher, but you would never know it from this vulgar screed. Our author makes clear the basic assumptions of “infantile
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