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About Jim Powell
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Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Who First Put Laissez-Faire Principles into Action, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, Aug 1997
Related Topic: Anne Robert Jacques Turgot
"Turgot displayed remarkable vision. For instance, he predicted the American Revolution in 1750, more than two decades before George Washington and Benjamin Franklin saw it coming. In 1778, Turgot warned Americans that slavery is incompatible with a good political constitution. He warned that Americans had more to fear from civil war than foreign enemies." |
Benjamin Franklin: The Man Who Invented the American Dream, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, Apr 1997
Related Topics: Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock
"Benjamin Franklin pioneered the spirit of self-help in America. ... When Franklin saw that something needed doing, he did it. ... Franklin was a late-blooming radical. ... Franklin urged that the Declaration be adopted unanimously, saying we must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately." |
Great Thinkers: Lord Acton
Related Topic: John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton |
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H. L. Mencken, America's Wittiest Defender of Liberty, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, Sep 1995
Related Topic: Henry Louis Mencken |
John Locke—Natural Rights to Life, Liberty, and Property, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, Aug 1996
Related Topic: John Locke |
Ludwig von Mises, socialism's greatest enemy: His life and times
Related Topic: Ludwig von Mises |
Milton and Rose Friedman: Capitalism's Greatest Living Champions: Eight ways you can learn from their success, Jul 1992
Related Topic: Milton Friedman
"More than anyone else, Milton and Rose Friedman took a compelling case for free markets to the world. ... the Friedmans reached millions who probably never read a good book about freedom ... Smuggled versions of their work helped keep the torch of liberty burning in brutal police states." |
Perspective: A Salute to Bettina Bien Greaves, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, Jul 1997
Related Topic: Bettina Bien Greaves
"Bettina Bien Greaves is an extraordinary, unsung resource for liberty. Now FEE’s Resident Scholar, a FEE Trustee, Freeman Contributing Editor, and two-time Guest Editor, she has done so many things for so many people for so long, it’s past time to publicly acknowledge her myriad contributions." |
Richard Cobden's Triumphant Crusade for Free Trade and Peace, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, Jun 1995
Related Topics: Richard Cobden, Free Trade |
Rose Wilder Lane, Isabel Paterson, and Ayn Rand: Three Women Who Inspired the Modern Libertarian Movement, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, May 1996
Related Topics: Rose Wilder Lane, Isabel Mary Paterson, Ayn Rand |
Russian-born novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand's inspiring moral defense of individualism and liberty
Related Topic: Ayn Rand |
The life and times of Murray N. Rothbard, who showed why private individuals can do just about everything that needs to be done
Related Topic: Murray N. Rothbard |
The life and times of F.A. Hayek, who explained why political liberty is impossible without economic liberty
Related Topic: Friedrich A. Hayek |
The man who financed the American Revolution
Related Topics: Robert Morris, American Revolutionary War
"The Continental Congress was broke, there was runaway inflation, and Morris dealt with anxious creditors. ... Revisionist historians like E. James Ferguson have emphasized how Morris profited from the Revolutionary War. ... He proposed a land tax, a poll tax, an excise tax and a house tax to help generate revenue for paying debts, but the states wouldn’t agree." |
Thomas Jefferson's Sophisticated, Radical Vision of Liberty, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, Jul 1995
Related Topics: Thomas Jefferson, Property Rights
"Jefferson ... affirmed that all people are entitled to liberty, regardless what laws might say. If laws don't protect liberty, he declared, then the laws are illegitimate, and people may rebel. While Jefferson didn't originate this idea, he put it in a way that set afire the imagination of people around the world." |
Thomas Paine—Passionate Pamphleteer for Liberty, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, Jan 1996
Related Topic: Thomas Paine
"Thomas Paine ... wrote the three top-selling literary works of the eighteenth century, which inspired the American Revolution, issued a historic battle cry for individual rights and challenged the corrupt power of government churches. His radical vision and dramatic, plainspoken style connected with artisans, servants, soldiers, merchants, farmers, and laborers alike." |
| Interviews |
Jim Powell Interview, by Scott Horton, The Weekend Interview Show with Scott Horton, 16 Apr 2005
"Scott and Jim Powell talk about his new book Wilson's War: How Woodrow Wilson's Great Blunder Led to Hitler, Lenin, Stalin, and World War II." |
| Books |
Wilson's War: How Woodrow Wilson's Great Blunder Led to Hitler, Lenin, Stalin, and World War II, 29 Mar 2005
Related Topic: Woodrow Wilson |
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