Individualism
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The Founders’ Reading List: The Curriculum Behind the Constitution
Lawrence Reed’s latest book reframes the American founding not as a burst of political genius, but as the culmination of generations of reading, debate, and intellectual inheritance.
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From Victimhood to Agency: Understanding What is Up to Us
Excuses protect us from guilt, but they also rob us of hope. The habit of denying responsibility may be one of the greatest obstacles to personal and social flourishing.
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The Myth of a Permanently Poor Underclass
The bottom income quintile is not a static social class but a temporary snapshot of lives in motion. Most Americans do not remain poor for life, and removing policy barriers can help more people move up.
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Roddie Edmonds and the Power of Saying No
Liberty depends on individuals saying no to power, especially when authority demands moral compromise, as one American officer proved behind barbed wire in World War II.
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The Razor’s Edge of Progress: How King Gillette Built an Abundance Revolution
With a pioneering slice of steel, the inventor demonstrated how know-how can redeem our scarcest resource: time.
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AI Enters the Courtroom: How Chatbots Are Reshaping Litigation
AI enables Americans to navigate the legal system without attorneys, operationalizing the right to self-representation and expanding access to justice on an unprecedented scale. Can courts cope?
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Hasan Piker and the Marxist Resentment Behind ‘Microlooting’
Affluent activists increasingly treat property rights as morally negotiable, attacking the system that enabled their (and their parents’) success.
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Why Libertarianism Keeps Splintering
Uneasy “fusion” coalitions periodically unite competing visions of liberty and political order. But a coalition of individualists was never likely to stay tidy.
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Stigler’s Blunder: Did a Nobel Laureate Misread Adam Smith?
Smith recognized self-interest and political corruption, but he also believed people could be persuaded. That distinction is lost in modern reductionism.
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After Nudging: The Rise and Fall of a Behavioral Economics Fad
In “It’s On You,” Nick Chater and George Loewenstein turn from advocates of “nudging,” subtle policy efforts to shape behavior without coercion, to critics who see it as ineffective and misleading.
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The Founders’ Reading List: The Curriculum Behind the Constitution
Lawrence Reed’s latest book reframes the American founding not as a burst of political genius, but as the culmination of generations of reading, debate, and intellectual inheritance.
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From Victimhood to Agency: Understanding What is Up to Us
Excuses protect us from guilt, but they also rob us of hope. The habit of denying responsibility may be one of the greatest obstacles to personal and social flourishing.
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The Myth of a Permanently Poor Underclass
The bottom income quintile is not a static social class but a temporary snapshot of lives in motion. Most Americans do not remain poor for life, and removing policy barriers can help more people move up.
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Roddie Edmonds and the Power of Saying No
Liberty depends on individuals saying no to power, especially when authority demands moral compromise, as one American officer proved behind barbed wire in World War II.
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The Razor’s Edge of Progress: How King Gillette Built an Abundance Revolution
With a pioneering slice of steel, the inventor demonstrated how know-how can redeem our scarcest resource: time.
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AI Enters the Courtroom: How Chatbots Are Reshaping Litigation
AI enables Americans to navigate the legal system without attorneys, operationalizing the right to self-representation and expanding access to justice on an unprecedented scale. Can courts cope?
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Hasan Piker and the Marxist Resentment Behind ‘Microlooting’
Affluent activists increasingly treat property rights as morally negotiable, attacking the system that enabled their (and their parents’) success.
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Why Libertarianism Keeps Splintering
Uneasy “fusion” coalitions periodically unite competing visions of liberty and political order. But a coalition of individualists was never likely to stay tidy.
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Stigler’s Blunder: Did a Nobel Laureate Misread Adam Smith?
Smith recognized self-interest and political corruption, but he also believed people could be persuaded. That distinction is lost in modern reductionism.
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After Nudging: The Rise and Fall of a Behavioral Economics Fad
In “It’s On You,” Nick Chater and George Loewenstein turn from advocates of “nudging,” subtle policy efforts to shape behavior without coercion, to critics who see it as ineffective and misleading.