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Hello
John,
Join the editor of The University Bookman, Luke Sheahan, on Tuesday, June 18, at 7 pm, as he discusses Liberty Lost: The Rise and Demise of Voluntary Association in America Since Its Founding with Robert E. Wright.
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Voluntary associations have existed since time immemorial. As Alexis de Tocqueville observed, however, it was in America that the voluntary association became the primary means of self-government. Americans solved economic, social, and political problems, large and small, through voluntary associations taking a vast array of legal forms. Unfortunately, that mode of American self-government is in decline.
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In a new book, Liberty Lost: The Rise and Demise of Voluntary Association in America Since Its Founding, Robert E. Wright explores the voluntary association in early American society, how it triumphed through the nineteenth century, and how it declined in the twentieth as a voracious federal government made its existence and function increasingly difficult to maintain.
Robert Wright is a Senior Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER). He is the co-author or co-editor of more than two dozen books, book series, and edited collections including The Best of Thomas Paine (2021) and Financial Exclusion (2019). He has also co-authored numerous articles for journals such as the American Economic Review, Business History Review, Independent Review, Journal of Private Enterprise, Review of Finance, and Southern Economic Review.
Please pass this invitation along to any individuals or voluntary associations you know that might be interested. Hope you can join us on June 18.
Sincerely,
Jeffrey O. Nelson, Ph.D.
Executive Director & CEO
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