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American contempt for liberty / Walter E. Williams.
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Ebook Central Perpetual, DDA and Subscription Titles- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, Walter E. (Walter Edward), 1936-2020.
- Series:
- Hoover Institution Press publication ; 661.
- Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 661
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Liberty--Philosophy.
- United States--Politics and government.
- United States.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxii, 417 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, California : Hoover Institution Press, 2015.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Throughout history, personal liberty, free markets, and peaceable, voluntary exchange have been roundly denounced by tyrants and often greeted with suspicion by the general public. Unfortunately, Americans have increasingly accepted the tyrannical ideas of reduced private property rights and reduced rights to profits and have become enamored with restrictions on personal liberty and control by government. In this latest collection of essays selected from his syndicated newspaper column, Walter E. Williams takes on a range of controversial issues surrounding race, education, the environment, our Constitution, and more. Skewering the self-righteous and self-important forces throughout society, he makes the case for what he calls the "the moral superiority of personal liberty and its main ingredient -limited government." With his usual straightforward insight and honesty, Williams reveals the loss of liberty in nearly every important aspect of our lives, the massive decline in our values, and the moral tragedy that has befallen Americans today: Our belief that it is okay for government to forcibly use one American to serve the purposes of another. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- pt. I. Constitution
- pt. II. Politics
- pt. III. Race
- pt. IV. Education
- pt. V. Environment and health
- pt. VI. International
- pt. VII. Potpourri.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0817918787
- 9780817918781
- Publisher Number:
- 99986472497
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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