Tag Archives: Tea Party

The Declaration, the Constitution, and Equality

Posted on October 31, 2014 by richardbaldwin

“With respect to equality one should not understand the word to mean that the degrees of power and wealth are absolutely identical . . . but that no citizen should be rich enough to buy another and none so poor … Continue reading →

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The Road to Serfdom: The Tea Party

Posted on October 11, 2014 by richardbaldwin

As a lifelong liberal, I have belatedly undertaken an effort to understand the thinking of libertarians. An early project was the reading of F.A. Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that, in spite of the … Continue reading →

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