Wanjiru Njoya

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How Scholarly Theories Impede the Search for Historical Truth

08/26/2025 Mises Wire Wanjiru Njoya

Modern historians no longer seek historical truth but rather analyze history through series of politically-based narratives. But what happens when those narratives are effectively challenged? Mainstream historians then simply ignore the results and simply repeat what they have been saying.

The Tariff Question in the Antebellum South

08/22/2025 Mises Wire Wanjiru Njoya

While many historians claim slavery was the sole cause of the Civil War, they are overlooking the role of tariffs in creating the economic and political divides between North and South before the war began.

The Double Standards of Court Historians in War and Reconstruction

08/19/2025 Mises Wire Wanjiru Njoya

Leftist historians claim that mainstream historic accounts of the Reconstruction Era fail to give black freedmen enough credit for their postwar rebuilding role. If they care about double standards, they should recognize theirs when they don‘t acknowledge black Confederate soldiers.

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The Meaning of Coercion in Hayekian Philosophy

08/12/2025 Wanjiru Njoya

How do we define liberty? Hayek saw it as the absence of most (but not all) coercion, but that depends upon how one defines “coercion.” Murray Rothbard believed that Hayek was too willing to accept forms of coercion that were anti-freedom.

Equality under the Hayekian Rule of Law

08/09/2025 Wanjiru Njoya

What do we mean by equality? F.A. Hayek believed that equality under law and the socialist belief of material equality were opposed to each other. Furthermore, he held liberty to be necessary for civilization itself to flourish.

The Complexity of Historical Narratives

08/05/2025 Wanjiru Njoya

Understanding any era of history requires the ability to view complex things. However, people often employ simple narratives as their historical guides, which leads to wrong conclusions. The pre-war history of the American South is one that is much more complex than the narratives imply.

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