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How About a Genuine America-First Policy? 

Rational Self-Interest / By / / 3 minutes of reading

If an “America first” policy is supposed to promote American self-interest, the obvious first question is: What defines an entire country’s interest? What public-policy goal can the government pursue that is in everyone’s interest?  And the fundamental answer is: our freedom.   Your life depends ultimately on your thinking. From the choice of a lifelong career to the choice of a daily diet, you must constantly judge what is and isn’t in your interest. If you are subjected to […]

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Has the Right Been Eviscerated by Trump?

Miscellany / By / / 5 minutes of reading

Once upon a time the left and the right were political opposites. The left condemned capitalism and sought to expand government’s role in our lives; the right defended capitalism and endorsed limited government. Over the years, although the right became less and less committed to individual freedom and capitalism, it nonetheless presented a discernible alternative to the collectivism of the left.

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“America First”? Rethinking the
Meaning of Self-Interest

Rational Self-Interest / By / / 5 minutes of reading

On his latest foreign trip, President Trump again invoked the idea of “America first.” As someone who is repelled by Trump and his presidency, I am a little reluctant to justify something he nominally upholds. But actually his support for this policy is all the more reason it needs to be clarified and defended—defended not

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