Barry Brownstein
Contributor
Barry Brownstein is professor emeritus of economics and leadership at the University of Baltimore.
He is the author of The Inner-Work of Leadership, and his essays have appeared in publications such as the Foundation for Economic Education and Intellectual Takeout.
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The Steep Price of Declining Civility
Alexandra Hudson’s ‘The Soul of Civility’ reminds us that our everyday moral habits shape not just personal character, but the very health of civilization.
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Adam Smith vs. the Tariff State: A Timeless Case for Free Trade
Adam Smith’s principles, far more than Trump’s passions, are attuned to the principles of human flourishing.
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David Hume’s Stark Warning: Reason Serves Passion
Hume argues our passions make decisions first, and then we use reason to justify what our emotions have decided.
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How the Government Makes Vaccines Less Safe
Liability waivers and government schedules undermine natural market incentives to prioritize vaccine safety.
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The Liberation of Auschwitz: 80 Years Later
To keep the promise “Never Again,” we must not only be watchful for true evil, but understand how good people lost their humanity.
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Is There Hope in Politics?
Political avarice, sanctioned robbery, coercive control: such is the nature of government, and always has been. We already know the cure.
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David Hume on How Not to Lose Your Mind
Our intellectual arrogance and cultivated grievances too often overwhelm our reason and inner peace. But we don’t have to let them.
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Hatred Will Destroy You: A Review of ‘Hitler’s People’
Sixty million ‘ordinary’ Germans let a demagogue kindle hatred inside them. Only our principles prevent us from becoming the tools of totalitarian horrors.
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Bringing ‘Freedom’ to Life
No goodness, liberty, or humanity comes from forcing others to live as we would wish.
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Principles are the Antidote to Politics
“Jefferson understood that those who cannot even control themselves should hardly seek to control others.” ~Barry Brownstein
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•
The Steep Price of Declining Civility
Alexandra Hudson’s ‘The Soul of Civility’ reminds us that our everyday moral habits shape not just personal character, but the very health of civilization.
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•
Adam Smith vs. the Tariff State: A Timeless Case for Free Trade
Adam Smith’s principles, far more than Trump’s passions, are attuned to the principles of human flourishing.
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•
David Hume’s Stark Warning: Reason Serves Passion
Hume argues our passions make decisions first, and then we use reason to justify what our emotions have decided.
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•
How the Government Makes Vaccines Less Safe
Liability waivers and government schedules undermine natural market incentives to prioritize vaccine safety.
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•
The Liberation of Auschwitz: 80 Years Later
To keep the promise “Never Again,” we must not only be watchful for true evil, but understand how good people lost their humanity.
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•
Is There Hope in Politics?
Political avarice, sanctioned robbery, coercive control: such is the nature of government, and always has been. We already know the cure.
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•
David Hume on How Not to Lose Your Mind
Our intellectual arrogance and cultivated grievances too often overwhelm our reason and inner peace. But we don’t have to let them.
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•
Hatred Will Destroy You: A Review of ‘Hitler’s People’
Sixty million ‘ordinary’ Germans let a demagogue kindle hatred inside them. Only our principles prevent us from becoming the tools of totalitarian horrors.
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•
Bringing ‘Freedom’ to Life
No goodness, liberty, or humanity comes from forcing others to live as we would wish.
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•
Principles are the Antidote to Politics
“Jefferson understood that those who cannot even control themselves should hardly seek to control others.” ~Barry Brownstein