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Liberty Lost: The Rise and Demise of Voluntary Association in America Since Its Founding

Robert E. Wright

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Voluntary associations are thousands of years old, but Americans once embraced them like no other society has before, or since. Voluntary associations allow people, even members of disfranchised groups, to "vote" on worthy causes and institutions with their donation dollars and volunteer hours. Unfortunately, Americans have long since forgotten that the best way to palliate most economic and social problems is not formal government, the instruments of which are too often cruel or crude, but voluntary civil society. Maybe this book can help return this country to the truer, participatory, and voluntary form of democracy that it once knew.About Robert E. WrightRobert E. Wright is a Senior Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research. He is the author or editor of over two dozen major books, book series, and edited collections, including AIER's The Best of Thomas Paine and Financial Exclusion . He has also authored numerous articles for important journals, including the American Economic Review, Business History Review, Independent Review, Journal of Private Enterprise, Review of Finance, and Southern Economic Review. Robert has taught business, economics, and policy courses at Augustana University, NYU's Stern School of Business, Temple University, the University of Virginia, and elsewhere since taking his Ph.D. in History from SUNY Buffalo in 1997.About AIERThe American Institute for Economic Research in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, was founded in 1933 as the first independent voice for sound economics in the United States. Today it publishes ongoing research, hosts educational programs, and is home to the Bastiat Society. The American Institute for Economic Research is a 501c3 public charity.

Language: English

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: September 10, 2023

Liberty Lost: The Rise and Demise of Voluntary Association in America Since Its Founding

Robert E. Wright

0/5 ( ratings)

Voluntary associations are thousands of years old, but Americans once embraced them like no other society has before, or since. Voluntary associations allow people, even members of disfranchised groups, to "vote" on worthy causes and institutions with their donation dollars and volunteer hours. Unfortunately, Americans have long since forgotten that the best way to palliate most economic and social problems is not formal government, the instruments of which are too often cruel or crude, but voluntary civil society. Maybe this book can help return this country to the truer, participatory, and voluntary form of democracy that it once knew.About Robert E. WrightRobert E. Wright is a Senior Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research. He is the author or editor of over two dozen major books, book series, and edited collections, including AIER's The Best of Thomas Paine and Financial Exclusion . He has also authored numerous articles for important journals, including the American Economic Review, Business History Review, Independent Review, Journal of Private Enterprise, Review of Finance, and Southern Economic Review. Robert has taught business, economics, and policy courses at Augustana University, NYU's Stern School of Business, Temple University, the University of Virginia, and elsewhere since taking his Ph.D. in History from SUNY Buffalo in 1997.About AIERThe American Institute for Economic Research in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, was founded in 1933 as the first independent voice for sound economics in the United States. Today it publishes ongoing research, hosts educational programs, and is home to the Bastiat Society. The American Institute for Economic Research is a 501c3 public charity.

Language: English

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: September 10, 2023

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