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Libertarianism, like Marxism, is a complete explanatory system. It appeals to super-smart engineers and others who never really grow up.
George Packer • Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
championed the broad-constructionist perspective, which radically changed Constitutional interpretation.
R. C. Sproul • Knowing Scripture
The slide in stocks continued, and the real economy went into freefall, not because government interfered too little, but because it interfered too much.
Murray N. Rothbard • America's Great Depression
For the New Right, so-called “conservatives” have been willful or witless dupes of the left for decades. In contemporary terms, examples include Mitt Romney delivering to Massachusetts what would become the basis for Obamacare, President Bush appointing David Souter to the Supreme Court, and John McCain sponsoring campaign finance “reform.”
Michael Malice • The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics
The Use of Knowledge in Society
Friedrich Hayek's essay explores the decentralized nature of knowledge in society, emphasizing the importance of the price system in coordinating individual decisions effectively, highlighting challenges of central planning.
cato.orgHayek thought that extending the norms of the family to society at large would put us on the road to tyranny.
Russ Roberts • How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life: An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness
