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Totalitarian Ideals and Not Living by Lies

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09/29/2023Joakim Book

More than forty years ago, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn urged his fellow Russians “not to live by lies.” In our politicized age, his words ring truer than ever.

 

Original Article: Totalitarian Ideals and Not Living by Lies

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Joakim Book

Joakim Book is a writer and professional editor. He holds degrees in economics and financial history from the University of Glasgow and University of Oxford, and was a Mises summer fellow in 2017. His main research interests are monetary economics and the history of central banks. 

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Totalitarian Ideals and Not Living by Lies