"One of the most important features of liberal democracies is that they are polycentric," writes Prof. @sghorwitz, arguing that the decentralized, federalist structure of our government provides a crucial check on executive power in a time of crisis: bit.ly/2Ks0lNm
"Left-liberals and right-liberals have much more in common with each other...than they have with the illiberals on their own sides," argues @DavidAFrench, in this clip from his recent discussion with @jon_rauch. Watch the whole video here: bit.ly/31S2BCM
From transforming healthcare policy to championing individual liberties, @darwyyndeyo’s research on healthcare mobility is igniting change!
Discover how she and other scholars at the @KneeCenter_WVU are making a difference.
Read more here:
theihs.org/blog/beyond-id…
According to a @GeorgetownCEW report, liberal arts education makes Americans less inclined toward authoritarianism. @TheIHS's Emily Chamlee-Wright writes on how open inquiry and critical thought protect against tyranny: bit.ly/2H95Q1r
#HappyBirthday to F.A. Hayek!
"On this day in 1899, in Vienna, Friedrich Hayek was born. He would go on to write about economics, philosophy, politics, psychology, & the history of ideas, & win the Nobel Prize in Economics."
Read more: bit.ly/2I3n9w9@eamonnbutler@ASI
Robert Poole, co-founder of @reason, writes in new book "Rethinking America's Highways" congested #roads should be tolled, while new construction & reconstruction should be done by private interests, not public agencies: bit.ly/2MLonmu@antiplanner@CatoInstitute#Books
"The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others."
― John Stuart Mill
Be sure to follow Prof. @PeterBoettke of @GMU! Prof. Boettke has emerged as the intellectual standard-bearer for the Austrian school of economics that opposes government intervention in markets and excessive federal spending to prop up demand during times of crisis. #FollowFriday
