by Henry Oliner | Jun 25, 2018 | Politics, Progressivism
from the Hoover Institute and Victor Davis Hanson, Ten Paradoxes of Our Age The goal of government in a Western constitutional state should be conceived of in terms of economic growth, such as by achieving an annual GDP rate of 3 percent or greater, an unemployment...
by Henry Oliner | Jun 14, 2018 | Politics, Progressivism
The Ben Shapiro podcast Sunday Special Ep 5 interviews Jonah Goldberg on his recent Suicide of the West, a worthy read. I also recommend Jonah’s Podcast, The Remnant. He is erudite, but witty. The essence of Goldberg’s book is that the great advances from the last...
by Henry Oliner | May 31, 2018 | Politics
Herbert Hoover wrote The Challenge to Liberty in 1934, in response to much of the regimentation of the New Deal. As background, Hoover thought the Great Depression to be the result of a global disorder leftover from the expenses and debt of WW I. FDR thought the...
by Henry Oliner | May 22, 2018 | History, Politics, Progressivism
I stumbled across this small gem written by Herbert Hoover in 1922- motivated by his observation of the decayed political values of Europe. America was different in his judgment because of a Progressive Individualism- stimulation of individual initiative, moderated...
by Henry Oliner | Aug 31, 2017 | Economics, Politics, Progressivism
by Henry Oliner “The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.” Friedrich August von Hayek The difference between a liberal and a conservative is often just the time frame. Short...
