Showing posts with label Rose Wilder Lane. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rose Wilder Lane. Show all posts

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.”"