by Greg Stuessel | Oct 29, 2025 | The Deep Dive
The Federalist Papers (1787–1788), written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the pseudonym Publius, present a masterful case for ratifying the U.S. Constitution by diagnosing the fatal flaws of the Articles of Confederation—a “government of...
by Greg Stuessel | Oct 28, 2025 | The Deep Dive
The Anti-Federalist Papers (1787–1788) collect the powerful, often prophetic arguments of those who opposed ratifying the U.S. Constitution, writing under pseudonyms like Brutus, Cato, Federal Farmer, and Sentinel. They warned that the new system was not truly federal...
by Greg Stuessel | Oct 27, 2025 | The Deep Dive
What Social Classes Owe to Each Other (1883) by William Graham Sumner delivers a sharp, uncompromising critique of the growing 19th-century demand that “the rich,” “the successful,” or “society” must solve every social problem for the less fortunate—demands Sumner...
by Greg Stuessel | Oct 26, 2025 | The Deep Dive
When Money Destroys Nations by Philip Haslam and Russell Lamberti delivers a gripping, firsthand account of Zimbabwe’s catastrophic hyperinflation from 2000 to 2009, where annual inflation peaked at an incomprehensible 89.7 sextillion percent in November 2008....
by Greg Stuessel | Oct 25, 2025 | The Deep Dive
When Money Dies is Adam Ferguson’s harrowing 1975 account of the Weimar Republic’s hyperinflation (1919–1923), one of history’s most catastrophic monetary collapses. Starting from a stable pre-war mark, Germany’s currency was destroyed by wartime borrowing, Versailles...
by Greg Stuessel | Oct 24, 2025 | The Deep Dive
Affirmative Action Around the World presents Thomas Sowell’s eye-opening empirical study of government-mandated group preferences across countries, cutting through intentions and moral claims to examine real-world outcomes. Despite every nation insisting its policy is...
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