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In the early twentieth century, liberalism was in retreat. Competing totalitarian ideologies like National Socialism and Communism were on the rise, as many intellectuals became convinced of the benefits of a comprehensive role for the state in organizing both the economy and society. The horrors of World War One further ruptured any remaining sense of liberal optimism; and in the aftermath of the Great Depression, capitalism seemed like an abject failure, boosting support for large‐​scale state economic intervention. But even when liberal ideas were in retreat, one woman did not flinch in her support for laissez‐​faire individualism. This woman, Rose Wilder Lane, was a journalist, writer, and eventually, a political activist. She began her political life as a communist but became a dogged opponent of communism, fascism, and the policies of the New Deal. Lane has rightly been dubbed one of the mothers of the libertarian movement for her tireless efforts to bring about a

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