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First published 1955

The Decline of the American Republic

by John T. Flynn

226 pagesISBN 9781610160209Updated May 26, 2011

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Author: John T. Flynn
First published: 1955
Format: PDF and EPUB
Pages: 226
ISBN: 9781610160209
License: Published here by permission. The work itself reserves all rights; it is not Creative Commons.

The state & socialism Money, banking & crises War & foreign policy

In 1955, John T. Flynn saw what few others journalist did: the welfare-warfare state conspired to bring down American liberty. The New Deal combined with World War Two had fastened leviathan control over a country born in liberty.

This early analysis of the causes of the Great Depression and the failure of the New Deal also notes a point later demonstrated in detail by Robert Higgs: the economic boom of WW2 was false in every way, an artifice created by misleading government data and inflationary finance.

Here we see the best of some of the last writings of the interwar "Old Right," a man whose opinions were deemed too libertarian for the likes of National Review.

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Is The Decline of the American Republic free to download?: Yes. The complete 226-page PDF and EPUB downloads directly from this page (7.0 MB). There is no signup, no account and no paywall.
How long is The Decline of the American Republic?: 226 pages, 22 chapters, and about 51,552 words in the edition this archive serves.
Is The Decline of the American Republic in the public domain?: No. This edition is published here by permission and the work itself reserves all rights. It is free to read and download from this archive, but it is not public domain and not Creative Commons.
Who wrote The Decline of the American Republic?: John T. Flynn (1882–1964) was a journalist, author, and master polemicist of the Old Right. He started out as a liberal columnist for that flagship of American liberalism, the New Republic, and wound up on the Right, denouncing "creeping socialism." What is… This archive holds 9 of Flynn's works.

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20 chapters · 51,552 words · page numbers are this file's

Forewordp. 8
The Tragic Retreatp. 14
Government and Freedomp. 18
Republics in Historyp. 22
The American Republicp. 33
The Great Depressionp. 55
A New Name For Socialismp. 62
Revolution and the Intellectualsp. 68
The Gospel According To Marxp. 84
Socialism and The Constitutionp. 92
The Dark Alliancep. 100
The Assault on the Constitutionp. 109
Four Magic Wordsp. 121
The Republic in Crisisp. 129
From Depression to War Boomp. 137
The War We Do Not Fightp. 144
The Revolution of Our Timep. 149
To Rebuild the Republicp. 169
Appendixp. 184
Recommended Reading Listp. 216

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John T. Flynn 1882–1964

John T. Flynn (1882–1964) was a journalist, author, and master polemicist of the Old Right. He started out as a liberal columnist for that flagship of American liberalism, the New Republic, and wound up on the Right, denouncing "creeping… Read more about John T. Flynn.

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