Sunday, December 22, 2024

Bringing Rose Wilder Lane to Life

Recommendable!

"... She was without a doubt a founding mother of modern libertarian theory, a fierce proponent of individualism, an uncompromising critic of racism and other collectivist perspectives, and a proud defender of laissez-faire economics. All of that comes through loud and clear in Rose Lane Says: Thoughts on Race, Liberty, and Equality, 1942-45 — in a fine biographical introduction by the editors, followed by eighty-four essays by Lane herself, all of which appeared in the largest black-owned newspaper of its day, the Pittsburgh Courier. ..."

Bringing Rose Lane to Life | The Daily Economy "Eighty-four collected essays from a founding mother capture her mesmerizing clarity and unwaveringly libertarian principles: “There are very few things that I am willing to die for; capitalism is one of them.”"




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