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Question Time: My thoughts on Freedom Conservatives and Progress Studies

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Aug 07, 2023
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Bert Onstott wants to know what I think of the Freedom Conservative document.

In addition to the document itself, you can read organizer John Hood’s accompanying essay here. It’s worth a read just for his discussion of the Northwest Ordinance. Had the principles of that law been applied to the Louisiana Purchase, American history would be vastly different, something I came to appreciate when writing the first chapter of The Fabric of Civilization.

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