An exhaustive survey of the Presidents of the United States and everything they did wrong while in office.
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Many people believe that liberty is the core political value of modern civilization itself, the one that gives substance and form to all the other values of social life. They're called libertarians.
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The Problem is Political Power, Not Individual Rulers
Small acts of resistance in isolation do not stop the leviathan, but they do show that it is possible to oppose the state.
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A Tale of Two Externalities: Technical and Pecuniary
Which is a sign of the market working; pecucinary externalities or technical externalities?
Everything Wrong with the Presidents
Everything Wrong with the Arthur Administration
In foreign affairs, the Arthur administration was as devoid of accomplishment as almost any in American history.
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Understanding U.S. Foreign Policy
Preble explains the need to question the assumptions that drive American foreign policy in the modern era―especially the assumption that American politicians can and should forcibly remake the international order to suit their desires. He asks readers to consider whether America and the world would be safer and freer if U.S. foreign policy incorporated libertarian insights about the limitations of government power.