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Jerry Kirkpatrick

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in Junction City, Kansas, The United States

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Psychology, Philosophy, Nonfiction

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Ayn Rand, Ludwig von Mises, Edith Packer

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January 2018

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Jerry Kirkpatrick is professor emeritus of international business and marketing at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona), and is author of In Defense of Advertising: Arguments from Reason, Ethical Egoism, and Laissez-Faire Capitalism and Montessori, Dewey, and Capitalism: Educational Theory for a Free Market in Education. Inspired in high school to think about fundamental ideas, Kirkpatrick majored in philosophy as an undergraduate before pursuing his advanced degrees. He now writes a monthly blog at jerrykirkpatrick.blogspot.com, discussing, among other topics, his special interests in epistemology and psychology.

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	Montessori, Dewey, and Capitalism: Educational Theory for a Free Market in Education 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Independent Judgment and Introspection: Fundamental Requirements of the Free Society 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Defense of Advertising: Arguments from Reason, Ethical Egoism, and Laissez-Faire Capitalism really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1994 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Perspectives on Ayn Rand's Contributions to Economic and Business Thought (Capitalist Thought: Studies in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics) by Ed Younkins, Samuel Bostaph (Contributor), Bryan Caplan (Contributor) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Applying Principles: Short Essays Based the Philosophy of Ayn Rand, Economics of Ludwig von Mises, and Psychology of Edith Packer really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Fascist Left

Below is a repost from October 8, 2017, that discusses the origin and meaning of fascism as a form of socialism, which means it belongs on the left side of the left-right political and economic continuum. Following this repost, I have added a postscript on racism. For a detailed presentation of why the German form of fascism, Nazism, was totalitarian socialism, see George Reisman’s essay, “Why

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Jerry Kirkpatrick wrote a new blog post The Fascist Left Below is a repost from October 8, 2017, that discusses the origin and meaning of fascism as a form of socialism, which means it belongs on the left si Read more of this blog post »
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Jerry Kirkpatrick wants to read Capitalism: The Cure for Racism by George Reisman	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat for lunch. Freedom comes from the recognition of certain rights which may not be taken, not even by a 99% vote.”
― Marvin Simkin

tags: democracy, freedom, paraphrase-gary-strand, rights, vote

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