13 - 'Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America' by Nancy MacLean (2017)

Summary: Chris and I discuss Nancy MacLean's controversial 2017 book 'Democracy in Chains' and the right-wing attack on Democracy. Is James Buchanan the Machiavelli of Libertarianism or its Forrest Gump? Thanks for listening! Please leave a review on iTunes or wherever is easiest and consider supporting the show with patreon.com/literaryhangover Matt (@MattLech) Chris (@ristotelian) @LitHangover References: MacLean's defense: 'The Controversy over Democracy in Chains' by Andy Seal https://s-usih.org/2017/07/the-controversy-over-democracy-in-chains/ 'School Vouchers, James Buchanan, and Segregation' by John Jackson https://altrightorigins.com/2017/08/06/school-vouchers-segregation/ 'Ideas Have Consequences: The Impact of Law and Economics on American Justice' by Elliott Ash, Daniel L. Chen, Suresh Naidu http://elliottash.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ash-chen-naidu-2018-07-15.pdf MacLean's critics: "The Sound of Silence. A Review Essay of Nancy Maclean's Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America," by Jean-Baptiste Fleury and Alain Marciano https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3175135 "On the Origins and Goals of Public Choice Constitutional Conspiracy?" By Michael C. Munger http://www.independent.org/issues/article.asp?id=9115 Other references "Why Does Freedom Wax and Wane? Some Research Questions in Social Change and Big Government" by Tyler Cowen https://www.mercatus.org/system/files/cowen_freedom_wax_and_wane_v3.pdf "Tax-funded charter schools textbooks deny evolution, teach human-dinosaur cohabitation, endorse slavery and indigenous genocide" via Boing Boing https://boingboing.net/2018/06/02/idiocracy-prequel.html "Exclusive: Lee Atwater’s Infamous 1981 Interview on the Southern Strategy" via The Nation https://www.thenation.com/article/exclusive-lee-atwaters-infamous-1981-interview-southern-strategy/