Book contents
- Towards an Economics of Natural Equals
- Frontispiece
- Towards an Economics of Natural Equals
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Why the Virginia School of Political Economy Matters
- 2 James Buchanan and the Return to an Economics of Natural Equals
- 3 “Almost Wholly Negative”: An Early Reaction to the Virginia School
- 4 “The Economics of Universal Education” and After: From Friedman to Rawls
- 5 Virginia Political Economy and Public Choice Economics
- 6 The Individuals and Their Connections
- 7 The Role of the Earhart Foundation in the Early Virginia School
- 8 The Virginia School and the Anti-democratic Right
- 9 Neoliberalism, the Virginia School, and the Geldard Report
- 10 Conclusion: Should the Virginia School be Restored?
- Select Bibliography
- Index
8 - The Virginia School and the Anti-democratic Right
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 December 2019
- Towards an Economics of Natural Equals
- Frontispiece
- Towards an Economics of Natural Equals
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Why the Virginia School of Political Economy Matters
- 2 James Buchanan and the Return to an Economics of Natural Equals
- 3 “Almost Wholly Negative”: An Early Reaction to the Virginia School
- 4 “The Economics of Universal Education” and After: From Friedman to Rawls
- 5 Virginia Political Economy and Public Choice Economics
- 6 The Individuals and Their Connections
- 7 The Role of the Earhart Foundation in the Early Virginia School
- 8 The Virginia School and the Anti-democratic Right
- 9 Neoliberalism, the Virginia School, and the Geldard Report
- 10 Conclusion: Should the Virginia School be Restored?
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
phrase that “America is a republic, not a democracy” and explained the popularity of the word “democracy” by invoking the Communist Internationale. The NEC was the subject of a 1950 Congressional Hearing. We can distinguish between the Volker Fund, which supported the NEC, and the Earhart Foundation, which did not, even though H. B. Earhart provided the NEC with both money and advice. The NEC vice-president LeFevre, opened the “Freedom School” through which the Koch family encountered the libertarian anarchists Rothbard and Childs. Hart’s anti-democratic world view is on full display in Rothbard’s work. Such a worldview is a far cry from the strong supposition of democracy via discussion in the early Virginia School.
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- Towards an Economics of Natural EqualsA Documentary History of the Early Virginia School, pp. 216 - 236Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020