In The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies, Bryan Caplan attempts to forge a new direction for public choice theory by arguing that, contrary to accepted belief, voters make irrational political choices. Throughout his book, Caplan refers to particular anti-economic biases amongst citizens, which he feels challenge the commonly held assumption that voters are rational.
In today’s society, a peculiar understanding of distributive justice has developed which holds that social justice must be distributed by the coercive force of government (Arnhart 1968; Bastiat 1968; Bragues 2009; de Jasay 2007; Dorn 2010; Ebeling 1999; Foley, Jr. 1984; Hayek 1944; Hayek 1962; Maloberti 2009; Narveson 2009; Santelli, Jr. et al. 2002). This idea, as Adam Smith in Wealth of Nations argues, developed most notably from the reign of Queen Elizabeth (Smith 2007) and lasted until the French Revolution (Ginzberg 2002).
In the US a dismal truth exists about the citizenry’s lack of understanding of economic fundamentals. Perhaps the best example which illustrates this point is the April 2010 US Senate Hearings into the financial crisis. JPMorgan Chase’s Managing Director and Senior Economist James E.
Immigration is a contemporary issue that is debated across many disciplines. The fervent discussions in the past twenty years have linked immigration with attacks on the national culture, citizens losing their jobs to alien workers, threats on national security, terrorism and racism. A rich literature exists on immigration in political theory, which focuses on different aspects of this process.
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This volume brings theory and evidence together to argue that American empire is a departure from principles of liberty and peace and, as such, has not brought about happiness, justice, and security for Americans. Sooner or later, the empire will decline and fall because it contains within it the causes of its own downfall. The essays in this volume focus on the international decisions of the American empire, which attempt to extend the power and influence of the empire outside America
If the New Dealers Win, Frank R. Kent
Laurence Stallings on Bush Brigades and Blackamoors
Youth Faces the Sex Problem, by Constance Cassady
William Henry Chamberlin on Prison Camps of Liberty
Duncan Aicman says the Middle West Rules America
Galsworthy, Ford Maddox Brown
Invitation to Monarcy, by Ralph Adam Cram
Senator Lester Dickson asks, “What’s the Matter With Congress”
Progress Toward Collectivism, by Albert Jay Nock
Portrait of a Lifer
Reno the Naughty, by Anthony Turano
A Yankee Looks at Dixie, by Katherine F. Gerauld
S.K. Padover on the First Liberal
and more
Three Years of Dr. Roosevelt, H.L. Mencken
Harald Lord Varney asks, “Are the Capitalists Asleep?”
Albert Jay Nock on the New Deal and Prohibition
Is Patriotism Necessary? by Struthers Bert
A Man-God of Japan by Sydney Greenbie
An Open Letter to Mr. Jefferson by William M. Houghton
Portland: Athens of the West, by James Stevens; and more
