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On Sept. 29, 2010, Gene Cranick's grandson, Lance, burned some trash in a barrel behind the family home in a rural section of Obion County, Tenn. The home was a few miles outside South Fulton (2021 population 2,200).The blazing trash barrel ignited surrounding grass, and the fire spread to the Crani

Too few Americans, even among the liberty-loving, exhibit sufficient understanding of America’s smaller-government past to articulate a realistic smaller-government future. Many libertarians can parse doctrinal differences between Hayek, Mises, Rand, and Rothbard, but few can accurately describe how American society functioned before the rise of the paternal state during the New Deal. That needs to change, if America is ever to regain its original, limited-but-efficient system of governance.

<p>A fellowship at a leading libertarian institute convinced the author that the movement sees its luminaries as icons, not as historical figures.&nbsp;</p>

Adam Smith and Friedrich Hayek have been through the wringer.