Democracy in Chains (section on social security)
In Democracy in Chains by Nancy MacLean, the author discusses how economist James M. Buchanan, a key figure in the development of public choice theory, advocated a “divide and conquer” approach to undermining Social Security. Buchanan, deeply skeptical of government programs like Social Security, viewed them as threats to economic freedom because they involved redistributing […]
Notes on Education for Democracy
The book Education for Democracy was written by two of my professors, one of whom (Ryan Knowles) is my dissertation adviser. Here are my notes for the book. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JV5YisKWiaWxM3–w4nX6bWHNfItwIqhfZDAYFGyHec/edit?usp=sharing Too often civic education encourages simplistic deliberation over pros and cons from a stance of objectivity – if the issues of our time are this simply […]