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Sinclair Davidson
The Man Who Taught Us What We Cannot Know
This article from the May 2014 edition of the IPA Review is by Professor of Institutional Economics at RMIT and Senior Fellow with the IPA, Sinclair Davidson. Friedrich August von Hayek was the greatest and one of the most under-rated classical liberal philosopher(s) of the twentieth century. He won the economics Nobel in 1974 – yet it is fair to say that
Vivienne Crompton
Our Rights and Their Ancient Origins
This article from the May 2014 edition of the IPA Review is by former Researcher with the IPA’s Legal Rights Project, Vivienne Crompton. Habeas corpus is an ambitious topic to tackle. Its mythic status makes it all too easy for researchers to get romantic about this legendary writ. The eighteenth century jurist Sir William Blackstone described habeas corpus as ‘another Magna Carta’.
Richard Allsop
Wilson in the White House
This article from the May 2014 edition of the IPA Review is by Research Fellow at the IPA, Richard Allsop. The presidency of Woodrow Wilson from 1913 to 1921 was not good for the cause of liberty. Wilson was clearly infected by the ‘progressive’ ethos of the era. He was strongly interventionist, pushing for legislation to reduce the length of the standard