Richard M. Ebeling
Senior Fellow
Richard M. Ebeling, an AIER Senior Fellow, is the BB&T Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Free Enterprise Leadership at The Citadel, in Charleston, South Carolina.
Ebeling lived on AIER’s campus from 2008 to 2009.
Books by Richard M. Ebeling
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The Pilgrims Tried Socialism and It Failed
“At a time when too many in the United States are insisting on a massive turn toward more government, we need to harken back to the harsh and sometimes horrible lessons learned from past attempts to impose socialist systems on society.” ~ Richard M. Ebeling
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Winning Freedom Requires Some Radical Solutions
“Unless there are voices unafraid to present clearly and persuasively the principled and uncompromising case for a truly free society, the goal of liberty may never be established.” ~ Richard M. Ebeling
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Remembering the Soviet Nightmare that Ended Thirty Years Ago
“It is crucial for the history of socialism-in-practice not to be forgotten and for it to be known to a new generation who have been fortunate enough not to live under its terrible reality of terror, tyranny, and social disaster. Otherwise, history may tragically repeat itself.” ~ Richard M. Ebeling
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Carl Menger’s Free Market Advice to an Austrian Crown Prince
“The underlying ideas for a limited government under classical liberal principles of personal freedom and economic liberty remain as relevant today as when Carl Menger delivered those lectures in 1876.” ~ Richard M. Ebeling
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Biden’s $3.5 Trillion “Make Big Government Even Bigger” Plan
“What is needed is a repeal of government regulations and restrictions, ending any and all government control over consumption and production, lowering taxes, the end to budget deficits, and working with a balanced budget.” ~ Richard M. Ebeling
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Biden’s Demagoguery that Government Spending is Costless
“President Biden’s demagoguery, arrogant impatience, and dictatorial manner do not and cannot change reality. At the end of the day, his policies can only lead to a financial and economic disaster.” ~ Richard M. Ebeling
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America’s Fiscal History: From Liberty to Paternalism
“Once the ideology of collectivism replaces the political philosophy of individual freedom, free enterprise, impartial rule of law, and constitutionally limited government, the nation faces not only ultimate financial bankruptcy, but cultural and social collapse as well.” ~ Richard M. Ebeling
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The Tragedy of 9/11 and the Afghan Debacle
“Be prepared. Liberty will remain something to discount and whittle away in the name of ‘keeping America safe.’ And the high financial cost of playing global policeman will not diminish any time in the foreseeable future.” ~ Richard M. Ebeling
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Identity Politics and Systemic Racism Theory as the New Marxo-Nazism
“The new Marxo-Nazism of identity politics and systemic racism theory would turn back the clock and return us to a time and type of society that America and Americans have worked so hard to place in the past of human history.” ~ Richard M. Ebeling
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Political Rhetoric Hides the Reality of Peaceful Production vs. Plunder
“Society is composed of one set of people who work and save and who produce and exchange, and another set of people who wish to politically acquire and consume what others have saved and produced.” ~ Richard M. Ebeling
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The Pilgrims Tried Socialism and It Failed
“At a time when too many in the United States are insisting on a massive turn toward more government, we need to harken back to the harsh and sometimes horrible lessons learned from past attempts to impose socialist systems on society.” ~ Richard M. Ebeling
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Winning Freedom Requires Some Radical Solutions
“Unless there are voices unafraid to present clearly and persuasively the principled and uncompromising case for a truly free society, the goal of liberty may never be established.” ~ Richard M. Ebeling
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Remembering the Soviet Nightmare that Ended Thirty Years Ago
“It is crucial for the history of socialism-in-practice not to be forgotten and for it to be known to a new generation who have been fortunate enough not to live under its terrible reality of terror, tyranny, and social disaster. Otherwise, history may tragically repeat itself.” ~ Richard M. Ebeling
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Carl Menger’s Free Market Advice to an Austrian Crown Prince
“The underlying ideas for a limited government under classical liberal principles of personal freedom and economic liberty remain as relevant today as when Carl Menger delivered those lectures in 1876.” ~ Richard M. Ebeling
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Biden’s $3.5 Trillion “Make Big Government Even Bigger” Plan
“What is needed is a repeal of government regulations and restrictions, ending any and all government control over consumption and production, lowering taxes, the end to budget deficits, and working with a balanced budget.” ~ Richard M. Ebeling
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Biden’s Demagoguery that Government Spending is Costless
“President Biden’s demagoguery, arrogant impatience, and dictatorial manner do not and cannot change reality. At the end of the day, his policies can only lead to a financial and economic disaster.” ~ Richard M. Ebeling
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America’s Fiscal History: From Liberty to Paternalism
“Once the ideology of collectivism replaces the political philosophy of individual freedom, free enterprise, impartial rule of law, and constitutionally limited government, the nation faces not only ultimate financial bankruptcy, but cultural and social collapse as well.” ~ Richard M. Ebeling
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The Tragedy of 9/11 and the Afghan Debacle
“Be prepared. Liberty will remain something to discount and whittle away in the name of ‘keeping America safe.’ And the high financial cost of playing global policeman will not diminish any time in the foreseeable future.” ~ Richard M. Ebeling
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Identity Politics and Systemic Racism Theory as the New Marxo-Nazism
“The new Marxo-Nazism of identity politics and systemic racism theory would turn back the clock and return us to a time and type of society that America and Americans have worked so hard to place in the past of human history.” ~ Richard M. Ebeling
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Political Rhetoric Hides the Reality of Peaceful Production vs. Plunder
“Society is composed of one set of people who work and save and who produce and exchange, and another set of people who wish to politically acquire and consume what others have saved and produced.” ~ Richard M. Ebeling