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
P Magness, A Carden
Buchanan”(June 12, 2022), 2022
PW Magness, A Janaskie
Econ Journal Watch 19 (1), 2022
The Hyperpoliticization of Higher Ed: Trends in Faculty Political Ideology, 1969–Present
PW MAGNESS, D WAUGH
Independent Review 27 (3), 2022
PW Magness, A Carden, I Murtazashvili
The Independent Review 26 (4), 533-552, 2022
RE Wright
The History and Evolution of the North American Wildlife Conservation Model …, 2022
Articles
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
Is America’s Cultural Glue Weakening?
“Not so long ago in America it was considered rude to ask anyone other than one’s inner social circle which positive moral actions they undertook. But it now happens every second of every day.” ~David Rose
DNC Celebrates ‘Freedom,’ But Not Liberty
“As the DNC has just demonstrated so well, a host of rhetorical abuses can find a foothold in offering so many freedoms but so little liberty.” ~Gary M. Galles
Telegram Creator’s Arrest Makes the Supreme Court’s Murthy Ruling Look Even Worse
“The right to free speech is indeed indispensable, but it appears that those who believe otherwise may have already found bigger fish than Facebook and X to act as their censorship surrogates.” ~Jon Miltimore