I want to call attention to an article that was just sent to me. It’s over four years old, but I don’t know who has been hiding it, or how it has escaped notice. The article is written by Lynn Parramore of the Institute for New Economic Thinking. It concerns research by Duke U. historian Nancy MacLean, whose book
Democracy in Chains, was a finalist for the National Book Award in Nonfiction. It discusses, and warns about, the writings and influence of Nobel Prize-winning economist James Buchanan. His writings are the source of the political actions of the Koch Brothers, and ALEC, that are now taking over state governments, with the aim of changing our nation and its Constitution by the wealthy, strictly for the benefit of the wealthy.
I urge all progressives to make themselves aware of Buchanan, and the massive effect he has had on our government and judiciary. It’s a harrowing and infuriating read. I post the link to this article here: