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Decades ago, F. A. Hayek warned that socialism was the Road to Serfdom. He explained not only why central planning was impossible but how the attempt destroys morality: planning leads to misery and increasing control, then totalitarianism, the corruption of truth, and finally even the ability to articulate it.  Today we are heading down a similar path, recast as the freeway toward “equity” and “justice.” No student should be forced to repay loans, no retiree should be deprived of free hearing aids, and no Asian-Americans should have an advantage in college admissions based on outsta...

A new history examines how the late 19th century’s raucous party system gave way to a more sedate and exclusionary political culture that erected more and more barriers to participation.

© press 'Republicans are unified despite what the media will tell you,' Stefanik said House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) blasted her predecessor Rep. Liz Cheney for "looking backward" while vowing that the Republican Party is now looking forward. Elise declared GOP is united despite the media claiming otherwise. “Republicans are unified to expose radical agenda of Joe Biden and Speaker Pelosi," Stefanik said. "We want to focus every day on exposing the border crisis and the national security crisis in the Middle East because it's having an impact on everyday America...

Economist and social scientist Thorstein Veblen has been called one of America’s most original and creative thinkers. His highly acclaimed treatise “The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions” (1899) introduced the term “conspicuous consumption.” Veblen’s body of work remains seminal reading in understanding the modern consumer society and criticisms of capitalism. Thorstein Bunde Veblen was born on July 30, 1857, in Cato Township, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. He was the sixth of twelve children born to his parents, Thomas and Kari Bunde, ...

University of Amsterdam This month, the UvA and the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies will reflect on the 20th anniversary of the study and research programme Holocaust and Genocide Studies in the Netherlands. What once began with three students has developed into a unique and international programme that attracts students and researchers from all over the world. Red Terror Martyrs’ Memorial Museum, Ethiopia (Photo: Adam Jones) April 2021 marks precisely 20 years since the Dutch government, the UvA and the NIOD decided to establish a centre for Holocaust and Genocide St...