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Robert E. Wright

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in Rochester, N.Y., The United States

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History, Business, Nonfiction

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Alexander Hamilton; Richard Ellis; Richard Sylla

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Wright is the Nef Family Chair of Political Economy at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, S.D.

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The Re-Enlightenment of America and Its Universities

It has been almost a decade since Steven Pinker called for Enlightenment Now. Although many readers lauded his clarion call to return to logical empiricism, most of academia, including universities and research publishers, doubled down on postmodernism or its ugly spawn, meta-modernism and post-postmodernism. As a result, the quality of U.S. higher education, scientific research, and public discou

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	One Nation Under Debt: Hamilton, Jefferson, and the History of What We Owe 3.57 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Financial Founding Fathers: The Men Who Made America Rich by Robert E. Wright (Goodreads Author), David J. Cowen 3.76 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2006 — 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
	The First Wall Street: Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, and the Birth of American Finance 3.31 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2005 — 9 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
	Fubarnomics: A Lighthearted, Serious Look at America's Economic Ills 4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Genealogy of American Finance by Robert E. Wright (Goodreads Author), Richard Sylla, Charles Royce (Foreword) 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Poverty of Slavery: How Unfree Labor Pollutes the Economy 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 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
	Money and Banking by Robert E. Wright (Goodreads Author), Vincenzo Quadrini 2.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Corporation Nation 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013 — 5 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
	The Wealth of Nations Rediscovered: Integration and Expansion in American Financial Markets, 1780–1850 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2002 — 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
	Debating Universal Basic Income: Pros, Cons, and Alternatives by Robert E. Wright (Goodreads Author), Aleksandra Przegalińska 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 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 statist view of redistribution ignores that forcibly taking resources from one person and giving to another breeds animosity and contempt in both parties.”
― Robert E. Wright, Liberty Lost: The Rise and Demise of Voluntary Association in America Since Its Founding

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“As James Madison noted “where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions.” Hence no man had any incentive other than to do what was strictly necessary to live through the day. That is the recipe for poverty.12”
― Robert E. Wright, Liberty Lost: The Rise and Demise of Voluntary Association in America Since Its Founding

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“When completely voluntary, the temperance movement, even perhaps its “total abstinence” policy, was salutary. When it became politicized, however, great evil lurked.”
― Robert E. Wright, Liberty Lost: The Rise and Demise of Voluntary Association in America Since Its Founding

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