All Posts Tagged With: "Spain"
The Loss of a Scholar: Marjorie Grice-Hutchinson
On April 12 the free-market tradition lost an important scholar with the death, in Málaga, Spain, of Marjorie Grice-Hutchinson. She was 93.
Although English-born she spent much of her life in Spain and made the study of that country’s history and intellectual tradition her life’s work. Her reconstruction of its liberal past was unparalleled.
1Sep2003 | Norman Barry | 0 comments | ContinuedAn Aristocracy of Pull?
There are two ways by which rewards can be allocated in a society: status or achievement. Although no society relies solely on one way, the weight placed on one side or the other has profound consequences not only for economic growth, but for politics as well. Societies that place too much emphasis on status will [...]
1Aug2001 | Thomas M. Wilson | 5 comments | ContinuedThe Conquest of the United States by Spain
(Editor’s Note: One hundred years ago the United States went to war against Spain in its first full-blown imperialist adventure. As a result of the war, the United States gained control of the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam, and Cuba. The following year William Graham Sumner [1840–1910], the classical liberal sociologist at Yale University, published a [...]
1Dec1998 | William Graham Sumner | 0 comments | Continued-
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