Introduction to ‘The Betrayal of the American Right’
The introduction to The Betrayal of the American Right.
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Chapter 4. The New Deal and the Emergence of the Old Right
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Chapter 9. The Postwar Renaissance, Part III: Libertarians and Foreign Policy
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Chapter 14. The Later 1960s: The New Left
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Chapter 2. Origins of the Old Right, Part I: Early Individualism
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Chapter 7. The Postwar Renaissance, Part I: Libertarianism
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Chapter 12. National Review and the Triumph of the New Right
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Forerunners of the Austrian School: The French Liberal School
Although often neglected by the English-speaking world, the French Liberal School of the nineteenth century has long provided a robust foundation for modern laissez-faire economics and the pro-freedom ideology we now sometimes call libertarianism.
Carmen Dorobăț: A Young Scholar on Mises’s Legacy and Impact
Jeff Deist and Carmen Dorobăț discuss how Ludwig von Mises's work and legacy have paved the way for an entire generation of younger scholars.
The Economics of the Public Sector
In the real world, it is impossible to separate economic analysis from an understanding of the effects of state intervention in the marketplace.
French Protestors Fume over Climate Taxes and a Rising Cost of Living
French protests over a new climate-change-inspired fuel tax highlight high costs imposed on ordinary people by climate-change policies.
After #MeToo, Men Begin Avoiding Female Co-Workers
When the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed, employers hired fewer disabled workers, because they feared lawsuits. We may now be seeing a similar trend in the face of more sexual harassment claims.
50. Thieves of Virtue: How Bioethics Stole Medicine
Are bioethicists too complacent about their grasp of economics? A fascinating discussion with Dr. Tom Koch.
Building a Blockade
Chris Calton details how technological innovations changed the course of naval warfare during the Civil War.
8. David R. Henderson on Working in the Reagan Administration, Krugman’s Inflation Memo, and Publicly Challenging the Secretary of Defense
Bob interviews Economist David R. Henderson.
We Need Unilateral Free Trade with Post-Brexit Britain
As the EU tries to exploit the UK in Brexit negotiations, the US should adopt total unilateral free trade with the UK.
Keynesianism and World Inflation
Keynes believed that all economic problems could be overcome with global inflation. This would bring about a new utopian age in which only social and scientific problems would remain.
49. Why Are We Insuring Primary Care? Lee Gross on the DPC Movement
Dr. Lee Gross is a pioneer in the most hopeful trend in health care today: the Direct Primary Care movement.
Dr. Robert Murphy on the Dubious Economics of Climate Change
Dr. Robert Murphy joins Jeff Deist to discuss how the political landscape and media narratives fail to consider obvious choices and trade-offs inherent in the climate change debate.
Chapter 3. Doing Good: Nice Guys Finish First
Carabini on the natural selection of human cooperation over force.
