Monday, February 2, 2015

Michael Lind — Libertarians hijacked the right: How free-market zealots doomed American conservatism

Instead of denouncing the Koch brothers, the Club for Growth, Paul Ryan and other free-market zealots on the right, American progressives should thank them for hijacking American conservatism and compelling it to push a libertarian agenda of privatizing Social Security, voucherizing Medicare and abolishing the minimum wage that has zero political appeal.
Salon
Libertarians hijacked the right: How free-market zealots doomed American conservatism
Michael Lind

1 comment:

Malmo's Ghost said...

Thanks for this article, Tom.

Libertarians might have some useful insights, but economics is not one of them.