American contempt for liberty / Walter E. Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Walter E. (Walter Edward), 1936-2020, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberty--Philosophy.

Liberty.

United States--Politics and government.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (441 p.)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Hoover Institution Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Throughout history, personal liberty, free markets, and peaceable, voluntary exchanges 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 columns, Walter E. Williams takes on a range of controversial issues surrounding race, education, the environment,

Contents:

""Front Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Half Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Preface ""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Part I: Constitution""; ""The Hell with Our Constitution""; ""Good Ideas""; ""Why a Bill of Rights?""; ""Constitutional Contempt""; ""The Census and the Constitution""; ""Constitutional Awakening""; ""The Founders� Vision versus Ours""; ""What Our Constitution Permits""; ""Why We�re a Divided Nation""; ""Democracy versus Liberty""; ""Continuing Stubborn Ignorance""; ""Do We Deserve Our Fate?""; ""Failing Liberty 101""; ""Legal Obedience""

""Democracy and Majority Rule""""Why the Second Amendment""; ""Is There a Way Out?""; ""Parting Company""; ""Governed by Rules, Not Men""; ""The Constitution or Good Ideas?""; ""Part II: Politics""; ""Congress�s Financial Mess""; ""The National Ponzi Scheme""; ""States Rebellion Pending""; ""Government Deception""; ""Parting Company""; ""The Housing Boom and Bust""; ""Americans Love Government""; ""Senate Slavery Apology""; ""Washington�s Lies""; ""Obama�s Nobel Peace Prize""; ""The Pretense of Knowledge""; ""Modern Day Lunacy""; ""Conflict or Cooperation""; ""Parting Company""

""Will Republicans Save Us?""""Politicians Exploit Economic Ignorance""; ""Our Contemptible Congress""; ""How to Control Congress""; ""Moral or Immoral Government""; ""Handouts, Morality, and Common Sense""; ""Gov. Perry�s Right about Social Security""; ""Social Security Disaster""; ""Devious Taxation""; ""Our Nation�s Future""; ""Duped by Congressional Lies""; ""Who May Tax and Spend?""; ""Parting Company""; ""Our Government-Created Financial Crisis""; ""Official Lies""; ""Abraham Lincoln""; ""Americans Deserve the IRS""; ""Distrusting Government""; ""Congressionally Duped Americans""

""Does Washington Know Best?""""Do Americans Prefer Deception?""; ""Dumb Politicians Won�t Get Elected""; ""Politics and Minimum Wage""; ""Concealing Evil""; ""Bizarre Arguments and Behavior""; ""Spending and Morality""; ""Favors and Loot for Sale""; ""Part III: Race""; ""The Racism of Diversity""; ""Black Opportunity Destruction""; ""Black Americans and Liberty""; ""The Right to Discriminate""; ""Can Black Americans Afford Obama?""; ""Racism or Stupidity""; ""Is Profiling Racist?""; ""Racial Stupidity and Malevolence""; ""America�s New Racists""; ""Race and Economics""

""Blacks and Politics""""It�s Hard to Be a Racist""; ""Obama�s Racial Politics""; ""Rising Black Social Pathology""; ""Leftist Race-baiters""; ""Should Black People Tolerate This?""; ""Racial Double Standards""; ""Black and White Standards""; ""Black Self-Sabotage""; ""Would They Be Proud?""; ""Progressives and Blacks""; ""Racial Tradeoffs""; ""Racial Tradeoffs: Part II""; ""Blacks and Obama""; ""Black People Duped""; ""Sex and Race Equality""; ""Coming End to Racial Preferences""; ""A Lesson on Racial Discrimination""; ""White Privilege""; ""Slavery Reparations""

""Do Blacks Need Favors?""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 27, 2015).

ISBN:

0-8179-1877-9

OCLC:

908992994