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Soft Despotism, Democracy’s Drift: Montesquieu, Rousseau, Tocqueville, and the Modern Prospect, by Paul A. Rahe
Paul Rahe's outstanding book can be considered an extended commentary on a famous passage in Tocqueville's Democracy in America:
IX. The Role of Ideas
Reason is man's particular and characteristic feature. "The Role of Ideas," Chapter IX of Human Action by Ludwig von Mises.
What Changes and What Does Not
The reversion in this century to ever-greater statism threatens to plunge us back to the barbarism of the ancient past.
Killing in War
Unjust combatants who feared punishment at the end of the war might be more reluctant to surrender, preferring to continue to fight with a low probability of victory than to surrender with a high probability of being punished.
Academic Scribbling and Current Events
These are dark times, but the foundation has been laid for a classical-liberal renaissance. Policy after policy threatens us with short-run malaise, but I for one remain hopeful and optimistic.
11. The Gypsy Cab Driver
From Part IV of Defending the Undefendable, “Outlaw.” Read by Jeff Riggenbach.
17. The Moneylender
From Part V of Defending the Undefendable, “Financial.” Read by Jeff Riggenbach.
