Woodrow Wilson’s 1917 “Ministry of Information”

At Smithsonian Magazine, an eye-opening piece on government-propaganda history. And as government’s acquired powers and bureaucracies tend to persist and grow, the precedent set by Wilson is still with us. Writes professor of journalism Christopher Daly: “The full bundle of techniques pioneered by Wilson during the Great War were updated and used by later presidents […]

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El Liberalismo Aumenta la Individualidad y la Creatividad [*Liberalism: Pro & Con* en Español]

Quince argumentos para el Liberalismo: Este post va a formar parte de una serie de argumentos del libro “Liberalism: Pro & Con” de Stephen Hicks en español. Pueden encontrar todos los argumentos que serán publicados en orden en el siguiente link: Liberalism: Pro & Con en español. Argumento 4: El Liberalismo aumenta la individualidad y

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La Gente Trabaja Más Inteligentemente Bajo el Capitalismo Liberal [*Liberalism: Pro & Con* en Español]

Quince argumentos para el Capitalismo Liberal: Este post va a formar parte de una serie de argumentos del libro Liberalism: Pro & Con de Stephen Hicks en español. Pueden encontrar todos los argumentos que serán publicados en orden en el siguiente link: Liberalism: Pro & Con en español. Argumento 3: La gente trabaja más inteligentemente

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“Ayn Rand” — revised Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article

“Ayn Rand”The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2001 I wrote the article on novelist-philosopher Ayn Rand for The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. My entry focuses on her ethical philosophy. The articles are periodically reviewed by encyclopedia’s editors and authors, and here is the latest.

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The Truth About the Nazis — with Stephen Hicks [In Case You Missed It]

Why Did They Love Hitler? “Inspired by Stephen’s fantastic documentary and book Nietzsche and the Nazis.” This is a discussion with Stephen Hicks on Triggernometry’s YouTube Channel and hosts Konstantin Kisin and Francis Foster, who tackle politics, economics, free speech, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial

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July Book Club: Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault.

With the participation of Stephen Hicks Join us next week! The Atlas Society Book Club will have Stephen Hicks in the hot seat on July 25th at 4:30 PM PT / 7:30 PM ET to discuss all things Postmodernism and his book, Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault. In Explaining Postmodernism, Hicks provides fresh insights into the

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Was Nietzsche individualist? Individual-as-error version

Nietzsche has a reputation for being an individualist. But note this from his Twilight of the Idols: “For the individual, the ‘single man,’ as people and philosophers have hitherto understood him, is an error; he does not constitute a separate entity, an atom, a ‘link in the chain,’ something merely inherited from the past—he constitutes

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