About the Mises Institute - Ludwig von Mises Institute
About the Mises Institute - Ludwig von Mises Institute
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REASSESSING THE PRESIDENCY<br />
THE RISE OF THE EXECUTIVE STATE<br />
AND THE DECLINE OF FREEDOM<br />
EDITED BY JOHN V. DENSON<br />
832 pgs. (hardback) $35.00<br />
ISBN: 0-945466-29-3<br />
Order No.: B284<br />
This is <strong>the</strong> first fullscale<br />
revision of <strong>the</strong> U.S.<br />
presidency written from<br />
an Austrian–libertarian<br />
perspective. These original<br />
essays zero in on a much<br />
neglected reality that <strong>the</strong><br />
executive department of<br />
<strong>the</strong> U.S. government has<br />
always been <strong>the</strong> sum total<br />
of <strong>the</strong> American welfare–<br />
warfare state (exactly as<br />
<strong>the</strong> antifederalists in <strong>the</strong><br />
founding era predicted).<br />
Whereas conventional<br />
histories tell a Whiggish<br />
story of ever-increasing<br />
progress, <strong>the</strong>se essays<br />
observe that <strong>the</strong> presidents<br />
and <strong>the</strong>ir administrations,<br />
from George Washington to<br />
Bill Clinton, have been responsible from <strong>the</strong> continual decline in<br />
liberty, particularly in <strong>the</strong>ir use of <strong>the</strong> war power.<br />
This volume, in its incredible scope and attention to scholarly<br />
detail, undertakes a complete rethinking of political history. It is<br />
<strong>the</strong> story of how <strong>the</strong> U.S., step by step, abandoned its libertarian<br />
roots.<br />
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