Defending Freedom, Combating Collectivism
Against collectivist impulses, the defense of freedom, personal responsibility, and the moral, political, legal, and economic foundations of a free society is ever necessary. Protecting the American experiment in ordered liberty is a debt that we owe to the past, and a challenge to pursue in the future. We examine the following issues in this area: the case for free trade vs. protectionism, individualism vs. the new collectivists (DEI/Critical Theory/Marxism/Social Democracy/Economic Nationalism/etc.), shareholder capitalism vs. ESG and stakeholder capitalism, foreign policy for a free society, and the foundations and first principles of freedom and free markets.
Research Publications for Defending Freedom, Combating Collectivism
Gordon Tullock and the Economics of Slavery
P Magness, A Carden, I Murtazashvili
Available at SSRN 4318585, 2023
Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain, and Public Choice
RM Yonk, D Waugh
Cryptocurrency Concepts, Technology, and Applications, 2023
AI ≠ UBI: Income Portfolio Adjustment to Technological Transformation
RE Wright, A Przegalinska
Augmented Education in the Global Age: Artificial Intelligence and the …, 2023
The Mainstreaming of Marx: Measuring the Effect of the Russian Revolution on Karl Marx’s Influence
P Magness, M Makovi
Journal of Political Economy, 2022
RE Wright
Journal of Interdisciplinary History 52 (4), 624-626, 2022
Articles
The Dangerous Reinterpretation of Freedom
“When freedom from coercion is no longer a shared societal goal, history teaches that unimaginable horrors can be just around the corner.” ~Barry Brownstein
Welfare is a Jealous Polygamist
“Benefits are contingent, and the contingencies — no jobs, no marriage — are detrimental to women long term, and disturbingly similar to the restrictions a polygamist would impose.” ~Michael Munger
Taylor Swift, Politics, and the Value of Friendship
“During the silly season of presidential elections, which often brings out the worst in us, it’s important to remember that true friendship is worth more than political pride.” ~Jon Miltimore
Unity in Disunity
“When ‘unity’ means government policies will substitute for choices we would make for ourselves, it means domination, even though we do not want to be dominated.” ~Gary Galles
Remembering the Truly Forgotten
“Money and finance are the font and essence of modernity. I honor and praise the memory of the professionals who worked in the World Trade Center.” ~Peter C. Earle
College Football’s Lesson About Political Economy
“College football fandom is a microcosm of the problem of a political economy. It shows that people are willing to pay a price to make their enemies suffer.” ~Art Carden