Description
This 11th-grade course continues Government 1A. It is the fruit of over 20 years of learning and study on my part, summarized in a half-year course.
The course is divided into the following sections:
Government and a Free Society: Theory
- history of natural rights theories
- negative rights, positive rights, property rights, human rights
- do people consent to government?
- critics of the freedom philosophy
Some Rationales for Government Action
- common reasons given for government intervention
- public goods
- poverty
- monopoly
- inequality
- and more
Some Problems with Government Action
- consequences of government intervention in various areas
- labor and unions
- health care
- antitrust
- farm programs
- business cycles
- war and the economy
- child labor
- working conditions
- the welfare state
- the environment
- money
- and more
The Modern State
- the theory of the modern state
- can political bodies be too large?
- decentralization
Government: Various Modern Systems
- constitutional republic
- monarchy
- fascism
- communism
- social democracy
- and more
The Lessons of History?
- Industrial Revolution
- the New Deal
- the housing bust of 2008
Unresolved Problems
- are voters informed?
- is political representation meaningful?
- the myth of the rule of law
- the incentives of democracy
The Rothbardian Critique
- what is government really needed for?
Conclusions
- economic freedom of the world
- what have we learned?
When Government 1B covers material introduced in Government 1A, it does so at a slightly higher level, building upon and reinforcing what you learned in the earlier course.
Parents can listen the course lessons (which average about 25 minutes, but range from 18 minutes to an extreme of 38 minutes) from all my courses during their commutes or around the house. On each lesson page you’ll find a link to a downloadable audio file.
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