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Burning Down the House: How Libertarian Philosophy Was Corrupted by Delusion and Greed Audiobook by Andrew Koppelman
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ID: 613630
Title: Burning Down the House: How Libertarian Philosophy Was Corrupted by Delusion and Greed
Author: Andrew Koppelman
Narrator: Richard Ferrone
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11:34:06
Language: English
Release date: 10-04-22
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Genres: Politics, Political Ideologies
Summary:
A lively history of American libertarianism and its decay into dangerous fantasy.
In 2010 in South Fulton, Tennessee, each household paid the local fire department a yearly fee of $75.00. That year, Gene Cranicks house accidentally caught fire. But the fire department refused to come because Cranick had forgotten to pay his yearly fee, leaving his home in ashes. Observers across the political spectrum agreedsome with horror and some with enthusiasmthat this revealed the true face of libertarianism. But libertarianism did not always require callous indifference to the misfortunes of others.
Modern libertarianism began with Friedrich Hayeks admirable corrective to the Depression-era vogue for central-economic planning. It resisted oppressive state power. It showed how capitalism could improve life for everyone. Yet today, its a toxic blend of anarchism, disdain for the weak, and rationalization for environmental catastrophe. Libertarians today accept new, radical arguments that crumble under scrutiny; justify dishonest business practices; and promote COVID-19 deniers, which includes many who refuse to wear masks in the name of freedom.
Andrew Koppelmans audiobook traces libertarianisms evolution from Hayeks moderate pro-market ideas to the romantic fabulism of Murray Rothbard, Robert Nozick, and Ayn Rand, as well as Charles Kochs promotion of climate change denial. Burning Down the House is the definitive history of an ideological movement that has reshaped American politics.
Contact: [email protected]
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By hotaudiobook.comListen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free
ID: 613630
Title: Burning Down the House: How Libertarian Philosophy Was Corrupted by Delusion and Greed
Author: Andrew Koppelman
Narrator: Richard Ferrone
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11:34:06
Language: English
Release date: 10-04-22
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Genres: Politics, Political Ideologies
Summary:
A lively history of American libertarianism and its decay into dangerous fantasy.
In 2010 in South Fulton, Tennessee, each household paid the local fire department a yearly fee of $75.00. That year, Gene Cranicks house accidentally caught fire. But the fire department refused to come because Cranick had forgotten to pay his yearly fee, leaving his home in ashes. Observers across the political spectrum agreedsome with horror and some with enthusiasmthat this revealed the true face of libertarianism. But libertarianism did not always require callous indifference to the misfortunes of others.
Modern libertarianism began with Friedrich Hayeks admirable corrective to the Depression-era vogue for central-economic planning. It resisted oppressive state power. It showed how capitalism could improve life for everyone. Yet today, its a toxic blend of anarchism, disdain for the weak, and rationalization for environmental catastrophe. Libertarians today accept new, radical arguments that crumble under scrutiny; justify dishonest business practices; and promote COVID-19 deniers, which includes many who refuse to wear masks in the name of freedom.
Andrew Koppelmans audiobook traces libertarianisms evolution from Hayeks moderate pro-market ideas to the romantic fabulism of Murray Rothbard, Robert Nozick, and Ayn Rand, as well as Charles Kochs promotion of climate change denial. Burning Down the House is the definitive history of an ideological movement that has reshaped American politics.
Contact: [email protected]