Mindset Shifts—Essays by Barry Brownstein

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The Road to Serfdom, Session 3: There is No Common Good
Exploring why the concept of a collective good is so alluring.
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How Roddie Edmonds Became a Righteous Among the Nations
Deceive yourself no longer that you are powerless in the face of evil.
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The Road to Serfdom, Session 2: Blind to the Miracles in Front of Us
Hayek points to the miracle of human action coordinated by decentralization.
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Principles are the Antidote to Politics
“The use of political channels, while inevitable, tends to strain the social cohesion essential for a stable society.”
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September 2024

The Road to Serfdom, Session 1: The Last Stand on Earth
The first line of defense for freedom is for each of us to protect our own mind from its inner totalitarian and resist the allure of ideas that are…
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The Dangerous Reinterpretation of Freedom
Hayek will illuminate, for you, the destructive beliefs undermining freedom.
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It's What You Do Next that Counts
Seeing that we get trapped by the small stuff is meaningless without action.
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Hayek On Why People Are Losing Their Minds
Reason is not the cause of civilization; reason is a product of civilization.
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Has America Lost Its Creed?
The people are the only safe depositories of their own liberty.
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Cherish the Republic, Not Donald Trump
A true leader invests in personal development time to transform themselves; a poor leader wings it.
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Blind Spots: Questioning Our Assumptions is Hard
It is easier to rehearse and ruminate over our stories than it is to question them.
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Orwell Exposed the Cowardice of Journalists
“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
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