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Angus Burgin and the Power of Free-Market Persuasion

Robert Teitelman | Posted 01.28.2013 | Books
Read More: Markets, Laissez-Faire Economics, Milton Friedman, John Maynard Keynes, Keynesianism, Hayek, Books News
Robert Teitelman

If neoliberalism is the spirit of the age, then what if we have landed in a new age? Burgin recounts how the reaction from both left and right after the financial crisis predicted an upsurge in Keynesiasm or at least greater state activism.

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Stunning Koch Hypocrisy Exposed

The Nation | Yasha Levine and Mark Ames | Posted 11.29.2011 | Politics
Read More: Cato Institute, Social Security, Koch Brothers Social Security, Americans for Prosperity, Koch, Charles Koch, Friedrich Hayek, Hayek, Koch Brothers, Social Security Reform, Institute for Humane Studies, Politics News

There's right-wing hypocrisy, and then there's this: Charles Koch, billionaire patron of free-market libertarianism, privately championed the benefits...

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The Tea Party Idea of Freedom Is Anything But

Jesse Larner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Child Labor, Dick Armey, Hayek, Civil Rights, Ron Paul, Founding Fathers, Obama, Freedom, Communism, Senate, Liberty, Rand Paul, Human Rights, Freedomworks, Labor Rights, Slavery, Return to Labor, Glenn Beck, Market Economy, Pat Toomey, Socialism, Unions, Tea Party, Adam Smith, Social Democracy, Politics News
Jesse Larner

"Freedom" means maximizing freedom, the possibility of controlling our own lives, for all. This may sometimes require restricting the freedom of the powerful to control others.

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Recycled Rhetoric From the Vanguard

Michael Likosky | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Tea Party, Harry Smith, Rush Limbaugh, Socialism, Clean Air Act, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Fascism, Glenn Beck Obama, George H.W. Bush, American With Disabilities Act, Obama Rush Limbaugh, Rush Limbaugh Obama, Glenn Beck, Cbs, Lyndon Johnson, Obama Glenn Beck, Obama Harry Smith, Hayek, Politics News
Michael Likosky

Why do Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and others attempt to label President Obama as both a redistributive Socialist and a Nazi Fascist? The two labels s...

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