Creating an ownership society? Social security reform and the temporalities of libertarian rhetoric by Simone Knewitz

“…Former US president George W. Bush's idea of the United States as an ‘ownership society’ can be considered as the rhetorical apex of a conservative, libertarian push for a more market-driven restructuring of American social institutions. …”
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The Ideology of Climate Change Denial in the United States by Jean-Daniel Collomb

“…The concerted effort to discredit the scientific consensus over man-made global warming has been continuing for two decades in the United States, and shows no sign of weakening. It is very often described as an attempt on the part of corporate America, most notably the fossil fuel industries, to hinder governmental regulations on their activities. …”
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Dogancan Özsel (ed.) Reflections on Conservatism (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011) by Garrett Barden

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Du keynésianisme au libertarianisme.La place de la monnaie dans les transformations du savoir économique autorisé by Bruno Théret

“…Financial economics and « new classical » macroeconomics, combined with a renewal of « austrian » economics, form, thanks to their common reference to a libertarian ideology, an oligopoly which controls the new economic science that jointly with financial globalization has developped in the United States. …”
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Leeds United on Trial by Tarik Sabry

“…In these increasingly ‘libertarian’ though conservative times I want to raise a question about the nature of contemporary state intervention in popular cultural industries like football, especially through the judiciary, magistracy and police, but also in terms of a wider governance, indeed ‘governmentality’, of popular culture by governing bodies and by private and public companies like professional football clubs. …”
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Responsibility in Universal Healthcare by Eric Cyphers, Arthur Kuflik

“…State Intrusiveness as Counter to the Liberal-Egalitarian Model Last, there is a libertarian worry that if the state guarantees universal healthcare coverage to all people, the state will have to become highly intrusive and investigate people’s morals.…”
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Political and Civic Engagement among Free School Alumni: A Range of Outcomes by Kristan Morrison

“…Such schools are part of a counter-hegemonic movement in the United States that dates back to the early 20th century and which has both anarchist and libertarian roots (von Duyke, 2013). …”
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Institutional Religious Freedom in Full: What the Liberty of Religious Organizations Really Is and Why It Is an “Essential Service” to the Common Good by Timothy Samuel Shah

“…In contrast, the article offers an articulation of why both the internal and external freedoms of religious institutions require maximum deference if they are to offer their indispensable contributions—indeed, their “essential services”—to the shared public good in the United States and other countries throughout the world. …”
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When not to ask: a defense of choice-masking nudges in medical research by McGrew, S, Raskoff, S, Berkman, B

“…In Part III, we provide background on nudging and explain how our proposed CMNs fit into the existing literature on nudging and libertarian paternalism. In Part IV, we explain how the reasonable person standard as employed by United States research regulations can be used to support CMNs. …”

The false choice between public health and civil liberties by Ava Kamb

“…Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of government in public health has come to the forefront of a national conversation. In the United States, social distancing measures such as mandatory stay-at-home orders and closures of schools and non-essential businesses have been implemented in nearly all 50 states. …”
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After nudging: the ethical challenge of post-pandemic policymaking in the UK by Dan Degerman, Elliott Johnson, Matthew Flinders, Matthew Johnson

“…Abstract This article explores the interplay between crises, opportunities and democratic change in the United Kingdom. A vast body of scholarship underlines that crises open ‘windows of opportunity’ that can occasionally lead to radical shifts in the role of the state and the design of public policy. …”
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Editorial by Ann-Kristin Kölln, Antony Mason, Maria Lenk, Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche

“… Among the many headlines that followed the 2018 midterm elections in the United States, one stood out as very good news for political representation: the election of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. …”
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Editorial by Ann-Kristin Kölln, Antony Mason, Maria Lenk, Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche

“… Among the many headlines that followed the 2018 midterm elections in the United States, one stood out as very good news for political representation: the election of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. …”
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Marketing madness by Anne Zimmerman

“…[xxiv] Pharmaceutical trade groups and companies favored the respondents’ point of view while a preponderance of academic literature and thirty-five other states supported Vermont’s position.[xxv] Similar to the backdrop of Citizens United when the Supreme Court altered important traditional checks on corporate power, partisanship is glaring in the Sorrell decision.…”
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Responsibility in Universal Healthcare by Eric Cyphers, Arthur Kuflik

“…In all, libertarians can rest assured that the liberal-egalitarian tax-based model, through its ex-ante implementation, will require no prying state eyes. …”
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