Goodreads asked Jerry Kirkpatrick:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Jerry Kirkpatrick Three books, three answers. In Defense of Advertising: In grad school, I got tired of hearing advertising trashed by business professors, including the ones in marketing.

Montessori, Dewey, and Capitalism: Always an admirer of Montessori and an advocate of laissez-faire capitalism, I sought to look into my crystal ball to determine what a free market in education would be like, if such existed. It turned out that I had to explore the history and philosophy of education.

Independent Judgment and Introspection. This book is an elaboration of the last chapter of Montessori, Dewey, and Capitalism, which is titled "Independent Judgment." The book delves into psychology, as the real impetus was Edith Packer's 1983 lecture "The Psychological Requirements of a Free Society."

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