Archive for Dean Russell
Dean Russell was a long-time FEE staff member and the author of several books, including Frederic Bastiat: Ideas and Influence.
The First Leftist
This article appeared in FEE’s Essays on Liberty, volume 1 (1952). It was originally published separately as a pamphlet in 1951. The first Leftist would not be popular in America today. That is true because the original Leftists wanted to abolish government controls over industry, trade, and the professions. They wanted wages, prices, and profits [...]
4Feb2011 | Dean Russell | 3 comments | ContinuedTariffs are Legal Plunder
Everybody has an issue he reacts to most intensely. [Frederic] Bastiat’s was tariffs. And his most barbed comments were directed against those who favored governmental protection of national industry from foreign competition. He thought this legal method of cheating consumers by keeping prices above the market was a perfect example of how governments plunder their [...]
7Jul2010 | Dean Russell | 0 comments | ContinuedBasis of Liberty
In one of his fables Aesop said: “A horse and a stag,
feeding together in a rich meadow, began fighting
over which should have the best grass.The stag with
his sharp horns got the better of the horse. So the horse
asked the help of man. And man agreed, but suggested
that his help might be more effective if he were permitted
to ride the horse and guide him as he thought best.
So the horse permitted man to put a saddle on his back
and a bridle on his head.Thus they drove the stag from
the meadow. But when the horse asked man to remove
the bridle and saddle and set him free, man answered, ‘I
never before knew what a useful drudge you are. And
now that I have found what you are good for, you may
rest assured that I will keep you to it.’”
The Birth of a Capitalist
This article is reprinted from the September 1955 issue of Ideas on Liberty. When the new superintendent came to the orphanage where I was reared, he found that we kids were not allowed to earn or have any spending money. So one of the first things he did was to tell us that if we [...]
1Dec2003 | Dean Russell | 0 comments | ContinuedHow to Stop Wars
Dr, Russell teaches economies and is the author of Government and Legal Plunder, published by FEE. When trade is truly free, peace is present. For thousands of years, nations have fought each other to get “raw materials,” which they then usually refused to share with other nations. Thus the wars go on, from one generation [...]
1Apr1986 | Dean Russell | 0 comments | ContinuedConsumers, Not Special Interests
Dr, Russell teaches economics, and is the author of Government and Legal Plunder, published by FEE, Consumers are harmed by all forms of special interest legislation. Three are examined here. We human beings have always organized ourselves into groups to increase our ability to get the goods and ser vices necessary for survival. Even our [...]
1Feb1986 | Dean Russell | 0 comments | ContinuedLiving in Two Chinas
Dr. Russell, whose latest book is Government and Legal Plunder, recently spent six months teaching at the National Taiwan University. The economy of the Republic of China on Taiwan is largely based on private ownership and production-for-profit. The officials are elected and are responsible to the wishes of the people in general. The economy of [...]
1Nov1985 | Dean Russell | 0 comments | ContinuedA Page on Freedom: Number 20
The Positive Approach The Liberal-socialist is always positively for something. But the conservative-libertarian is all too frequently merely against something. That’s why the socialists are winning. Now personally I’m positively for every good thing there is. For example, I’m aggressively in favor of higher standards for education-and more and better education—than any socialist I ever [...]
1Jun1985 | Dean Russell | 0 comments | ContinuedDo Machines Destroy Jobs?
Dr. Russell, recently retired from a full schedule of academic work, continues free-lance consulting, lecturing and writing from his home in Westchester County, New York. This is one of a series of articles examining current interventions of the welfare state in the light of warnings from the French economist and statesman, Frederic [...]
1Apr1985 | Dean Russell | 3 comments | ContinuedFree Markets and Human Freedom
Dr. Russell, recently retired from s full schedule of academic work, continues free-lance consulting, lecturing end writing from his home in Westchester County, New York. This is one of a series of articles examining current interventions of the welfare state in the light of warnings from the French economist and statesman, Frederic [...]
1Mar1985 | Dean Russell | 0 comments | ContinuedAn Ancient Chinese Story
Dr. Russell, recently retired from a full schedule of academic work, continues free-lance consulting, lecturing and writing from his home in Westchester County, New York. This is one of a series of articles examining current interventions of the welfare state in the light of warnings from the French economist and statesman, Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850). In [...]
1Feb1985 | Dean Russell | 0 comments | ContinuedCompetition and Capital
Dr. Russell, recently retired from a full schedule of academic work, continues free-lance consulting, lecturing and writing from his home in Westchester County, New York. This is one of a series of articles examining current interventions of the welfare state in the light of warnings from the French economist and statesman, Frederic [...]
1Jan1985 | Dean Russell | 1 comment | ContinuedLegal Plunder: Origin and Consequences
Dr. Russell, recently retired from a full schedule of academic work, continues free-lance consulting, lecturing and writing from his home in Westchester County, New York. This is one of a series of articles examining current interventions of the welfare state in the light of warnings from the French economist and statesman, Frederic [...]
1Dec1984 | Dean Russell | 3 comments | ContinuedA Page on Freedom: Number 14
Who Is to Blame? Freedom is seldom lost by a direct vote on the subject. In our case, it just seems to be seeping away. The Bill of Rights still exists on paper, but the spirit that caused it to be written is disappearing. When that spirit is completely gone, the written words will mean [...]
1Dec1984 | Dean Russell | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Source of Rights
Dr. Russell, recently retired from a full schedule of academic work, continues free-lance consulting, lecturing and writing from his home in Westchester County, New York. This is one of a series of articles examining current interventions of the welfare state in the light of warnings from the French economist and statesman, Frederic [...]
1Nov1984 | Dean Russell | 1 comment | ContinuedTariffs Are Legal Plunder
Mr. Russell, recently retired from s full schedule of academic work, continues free-lance consulting, lecturing and writing from his home in Westchester County, New York. This is one of a series of articles examining current interventions of the welfare state in the light of warnings from the French economist and statesman, Frederic Bastiat (1801 – [...]
1Oct1984 | Dean Russell | 2 comments | ContinuedSocialism Is Legal Plunder
Dr. Russell, recently retired from a full schedule of academic work, continues free lance consulting, lecturing and writing from his home in Westchester County, New York. This is one of a series of articles examining current interventions of the welfare state in the light of warnings from the French economist anti statesman, [...]
1Sep1984 | Dean Russell | 0 comments | Continued-
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