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David R. Henderson, emeritus professor of economics at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, is a research fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. He was a senior economist at President Reagan’s Council of Economic Advisers from 1982 to 1984. He is editor of The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics and the author of The Joy of Freedom: An Economist’s Odyssey. He blogs at econlog.econlib.org.

June 11, 2018|

War-Fighting and the Loss of Liberty

by David R. Henderson|

In response to: Between a Mirage and a Mistake: Correcting American Grand Strategy

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If we forswore military intervention in other countries, we could still affect the world in a positive way through free trade.

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Democratization Isn’t as Hard as You Think It Is

by Paul D. Miller

The liberal international order is a useful tool of American security; defending and supporting it is pragmatic, not utopian.

Kim’s Grand Strategy

by Lauren Weiner

From the pages of rocket man’s diary.

Grand Strategy: David Tucker Responds to His Critics

by David Tucker

It can’t simply be taken for granted that democracy in individual states is compatible with the liberal international order.

January 9, 2018|

He’s Good and Bad on Foreign Affairs, Good and Bad on the Economy

by David R. Henderson|

In response to: The Price of Trump: Year One Reflections on an Unconventional Presidency

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 20: U.S. President Donald Trump celebrates Congress passing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on the South Lawn of the White House. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Trump’s biggest triumphs for liberty are in the area of regulation and taxes.

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Trump, the Great De-Mythologizer

by Daniel McCarthy

If there were a Cult of Trump, his supporters wouldn't criticize him. They do—oftener and in more serious ways than George W. Bush's fans criticized him.

Making Politics Possible Again

by Julie Ponzi

Those who fear that the good ideas Trump champions will be tainted by his unsavory character are not thinking politically.

Greg Weiner Responds to His Critics

by Greg Weiner

Nothing about Trump's lying or vulgarity has contributed to his policy successes.

Book Reviews

A Mirror of the 20th-Century Congress

by Joseph Postell

Wright undermined the very basis of his local popularity—the decentralized nature of the House—by supporting reforms that gave power to the party leaders.

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The Graces of Flannery O'Connor

by Henry T. Edmondson III

O'Connor's correspondence is a goldmine of piercing insight and startling reflections on everything from literature to philosophy to raising peacocks.

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Liberty Classics

Rereading Politica in the Post-Liberal Moment

by Glenn A. Moots

Althusius offers a rich constitutionalism that empowers persons to thrive alongside one another in deliberate communities.

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James Fenimore Cooper and the American Experiment

by Melissa Matthes

In The American Democrat, James Fenimore Cooper defended democracy against both mob rule and majority tyranny.

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Podcasts

Stuck With Decadence

A discussion with Ross Douthat

Ross Douthat discusses with Richard Reinsch his new book The Decadent Society.

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Can the Postmodern Natural Law Remedy Our Failing Humanism?

A discussion with Graham McAleer

Graham McAleer discusses how postmodern natural law can help us think more coherently about human beings and our actions.

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Did the Civil Rights Constitution Distort American Politics?

A discussion with Christopher Caldwell

Christopher Caldwell discusses his new book, The Age of Entitlement.

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America, Land of Deformed Institutions

A discussion with Yuval Levin

Yuval Levin pinpoints that American alienation and anger emerges from our weak political, social, and religious institutions.

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