Podcast appearances and mentions of Phillip W Magness

Discussing Tariffs – with Phillip W. MagnessIn this episode of The Rational Egoist, Michael Liebowitz speaks with Phillip W. Magness, an economic historian whose research spans the United States and the broader Atlantic world. They explore the history, purpose, and consequences of tariffs—both past and present—unpacking how protectionist trade policies have impacted economic growth, individual liberty, and global markets. Drawing on his deep knowledge of political economy and taxation, Magness provides a historically grounded perspective on the costs and myths surrounding tariffs. This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in the intersection of economics, history, and policy.Michael Leibowitz, host of The Rational Egoist podcast, is a philosopher and political activist who draws inspiration from Ayn Rand's philosophy, advocating for reason, rational self-interest, and individualism. His journey from a 25-year prison sentence to a prominent voice in the libertarian and Objectivist communities highlights the transformative impact of embracing these principles. Leibowitz actively participates in political debates and produces content aimed at promoting individual rights and freedoms. He is the co-author of “Down the Rabbit Hole: How the Culture of Correction Encourages Crime” and “View from a Cage: From Convict to Crusader for Liberty,” which explore societal issues and his personal evolution through Rand's teachings.Explore his work and journey further through his books:“Down the Rabbit Hole”: https://www.amazon.com.au/Down-Rabbit-Hole-Corrections-Encourages/dp/197448064X“View from a Cage”: https://books2read.com/u/4jN6xj join our Ayn Rand Adelaide Meetups here for some seriously social discussions on Freedom https://www.meetup.com/adelaide-ayn-rand-meetup/

The Rational Egoist: The History of Classical Liberalism with Phillip W. Magness In this episode of The Rational Egoist, host Michael Liebowitz sits down with Phillip W. Magness, an economic historian specializing in the U.S. and the broader Atlantic world, to explore the rich history of classical liberalism. Magness traces the philosophical roots and evolution of this political ideology, discussing its core principles of individual liberty, free markets, and limited government. Through historical analysis, Magness highlights the enduring relevance of classical liberalism in shaping modern political and economic thought. Tune in for a deep dive into the intellectual tradition that has profoundly influenced the Western world. Michael Leibowitz, host of The Rational Egoist podcast, is a philosopher and political activist who draws inspiration from Ayn Rand's philosophy, advocating for reason, rational self-interest, and individualism. His journey from a 25-year prison sentence to a prominent voice in the libertarian and Objectivist communities highlights the transformative impact of embracing these principles. Leibowitz actively participates in political debates and produces content aimed at promoting individual rights and freedoms. He is the co-author of “Down the Rabbit Hole: How the Culture of Correction Encourages Crime” and “View from a Cage: From Convict to Crusader for Liberty,” which explore societal issues and his personal evolution through Rand's teachings. Explore his work and journey further through his books:“Down the Rabbit Hole”: https://www.amazon.com.au/Down-Rabbit-Hole-Corrections-Encourages/dp/197448064X“View from a Cage”: https://books2read.com/u/4jN6xj join our Ayn Rand Adelaide Meetups here for some seriously social discussions on Freedom https://www.meetup.com/adelaide-ayn-rand-meetup/

Andrew, Carl, and Tom discuss President Biden's new executive order on immigration and White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre's contention yesterday that recent unflattering viral video clips of the President are “cheapfakes.” They also talk about new polling from Gallup that shows Democrats becoming more liberal on social issues and Donald Trump's visit today to rally Republicans in Racine, Wisconsin. Next, Carl talks with RCP national correspondent Susan Crabtree about how a US Secret Service agent was robbed at gunpoint while on assignment with the president for Saturday's Hollywood gala. And lastly, Andrew talks with tax historian Phillip W. Magness about Donald Trump's plan to replace the income tax with tariffs and how the U.S. ended up with an income tax in the first place.

can a marine become a Voluntaryist? how does the news invoke a sinister identity towards capitalism? if laws are created to protect plunder would it not be true that laws are unjust?

What's the harm in dreaming big? Significant, James Harrigan believes. Alex and James discuss the many ways in which Utopian theory has led to disaster in practice - From Plato to Lenin and into the present day.  Episode Notes: Keynes on Eugenics, Race, and Population Control https://mises.org/wire/keynes-eugenics-race-and-population-control  Phillip W. Magness, James R. Harrigan; John Maynard Keynes, H. G. Wells, and a Problematic Utopia. History of Political Economy 1 April 2020; 52 (2): 211–238. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-8173298 Plato's Republic - Ethics and Politics https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/plato-ethics-politics/  Thomas Moore's Utopia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_(book)  “The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design” - F.A. Hayek

Karl Marx.If you're listening to this podcast, it's unlikely that I need to explain to you who Karl Marx is. You know he's the author of The Communist Manifesto, and the father of one of the most significant and impactful philosophical and economic theories of the late 19th and the 20th century. It would be fair for you to assume that Marx was always celebrated in the way he was throughout the 20th century, as numerous countries, like the Soviet Union, sought to put his theory into practice. But a new research paper from Phillip W. Magness and Michael Makovi says that this common, popular understanding of Marx's significance is wrong. They contend, and seek in the paper to demonstrate empirically, that Marx was largely dismissed as a scholar in his own time, and that he owes is outsized influence today to historical and political events, in particular the success of the Russian Revolution.Today, Eric Kohn talks with Phil Magness about the findings in his paper, how we should properly understand the influence of Karl Marx, and what it means that his ideas seem to again be ascendent in the modern world.Subscribe to our podcastsApply Now for Acton University Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

MIKE FERGUSON IN THE MORNING 0:00 SEG 1 Phillip W. Magness is Senior Research Faculty and Director of Research and Education at the American Institute for Economic Research. https://www.aier.org/people/phillip-w-magness/  10:47 SEG 2 19:02 SEG 3 As part of our series highlighting nonprofits in St. Louis this week, we'll discuss the St. Louis Browns Historical Society and Fan Club with Ed Wheatley. https://www.thestlbrowns.com/fallback/ 27:24 SEG 4 Ed Wheatley continuedSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Phillip W. Magness is Senior Research Faculty and Director of Research and Education at the American Institute for Economic Research. He is also a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute.  Meet the Man Behind the Fauci Emails Discovery

The Twitter files are successfully pulling back the curtain on left-wing censorship and manipulation of public opinion. Phillip W. Magness and David Waugh explain how these practices may have intentionally kept people in the dark regarding covid. It may sound overly dramatic but stakes in the the war on information are as high as the stakes in any shooting war. Martin Geddes says Twitter is exposing the deep state mass brainwashing that looks more criminal and treasonous by the day. We're seeing more and more court cases that stem from issues like "gay wedding cake" and woke restaurants. James Corbett does a great job of breaking this issue down to its essence: What's the "proper" way to force others to do what I want them to? Watching the deliberate destruction of our nation and ideals is not something some of us are willing to take sitting down. But what can we do realistically? Chris Williams suggest 10 ways to strike back that start where you actually have influence and power. One of the biggest selling points of so-called democracy is that it lets the inmates feel as though they are running the asylum. The Z-man has a great essay on the grand delusion. Sponsors: HSL Ammo Monticello College Life Saving Food  Garage Door Pros

The Twitter files are successfully pulling back the curtain on left-wing censorship and manipulation of public opinion. Phillip W. Magness and David Waugh explain how these practices may have intentionally kept people in the dark regarding covid. It may sound overly dramatic but stakes in the the war on information are as high as the stakes in any shooting war. Martin Geddes says Twitter is exposing the deep state mass brainwashing that looks more criminal and treasonous by the day. We're seeing more and more court cases that stem from issues like "gay wedding cake" and woke restaurants. James Corbett does a great job of breaking this issue down to its essence: What's the "proper" way to force others to do what I want them to? Watching the deliberate destruction of our nation and ideals is not something some of us are willing to take sitting down. But what can we do realistically? Chris Williams suggest 10 ways to strike back that start where you actually have influence and power. One of the biggest selling points of so-called democracy is that it lets the inmates feel as though they are running the asylum. The Z-man has a great essay on the grand delusion. Sponsors: HSL Ammo Monticello College Life Saving Food Garage Door Pros --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/loving-liberty/support

https://youtu.be/sDgfh4qilo4 Whereas Marx rejected chattel slavery and extrapolated a long historical march to an eventual socialist reordering through revolutionary upheaval, Fitzhugh saw a readily available alternative. “Slavery is a form, and the very best form, of socialism,” he explained. Wage labor, he predicted, would be forever insufficient to meet the needs of the laborer due to deprivation of his products from his skill. Slavery, to Fitzhugh's convenience, could step in and fill the gap through the paternalistic provision of necessities for the enslaved, allegedly removing the “greed” of wage exploitation from the process. Since slaves became the charge of the slave master and were placed under his care for food and shelter, Fitzhugh reasoned that “slaves consume more of the results of their own labor than laborers at the North.” Plantation slavery, according to this contorted line of thinking, thereby mitigated the “exploitation” of wage labor capitalism and returned a greater portion of the posited surplus value. In the Marxian counterpart, a socialist state fulfills a similar function. - Phillip W. Magness, The Anti-Capitalist Ideology of Slavery Phillip W. Magness is Senior Research Faculty and Director of Research and Education at the American Institute for Economic Research. He is also a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute. He holds a PhD and MPP from George Mason University's School of Public Policy, and a BA from the University of St. Thomas (Houston). Prior to joining AIER, Dr. Magness spent over a decade teaching public policy, economics, and international trade at institutions including American University, George Mason University, and Berry College. Phillip W. Magness at the American Institute for Economic Research:  AIER.org BitChute Archive Spotify

Phillip W. Magness is Senior Research Faculty and Director of Research and Education at the American Institute for Economic Research. He is also a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute. He holds a PhD and MPP from George Mason University's School of Public Policy, and a BA from the University of St. Thomas (Houston). Prior to joining AIER, Dr. Magness spent over a decade teaching public policy, economics, and international trade at institutions including American University, George Mason University, and Berry College. Phillip W. Magness at the American Institute for Economic Research: https://www.aier.org/staffs/phillip-w-magness/ ----------------------------------------------------------- The Voluntaryist Handbook: https://libertarianinstitute.org/books/voluntaryist-handbook/ Support the show, PayPal: KeithKnight590@gmail.com or Venmo: @Keith-Knight-34 LBRY / Odysee: https://odysee.com/@KeithKnightDontTreadOnAnyone:b BitChute: KeithKnightDontTreadOnAnyone https://www.bitchute.com/channel/keithknightdonttreadonanyone/ Minds: https://www.minds.com/KeithKnightDontTreadOnAnyone/ GETTR: https://gettr.com/user/an_capitalist MeWe: mewe.com/i/keithknight25 Flote: https://flote.app/VoluntaryistKeith Gab: https://gab.com/Voluntarykeith Twitter: @an_capitalist The Libertarian Institute: https://libertarianinstitute.org/dont-tread-on-anyone/ One Great Work Network: https://www.onegreatworknetwork.com/keith-knight Archive.org: https://archive.org/details/@keithknight13 Locals: https://donttreadonanyone.locals.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0mG2QvxJe9TQpJiyrQTqfx

In this first episode of the new season, we will be discussing the fallout from AHA president James Sweet's apology for being honest about The 1619 Project and the issues of presentism. The issues of presentism are glaring and it undermines the study of history and the integrity of those who practice it. The president of the American Historical Association, James H. Sweet, wrote a column for the AHA addressing the problem. This created an uproar and the Twitter mob came after him. The Left created such a stir that Sweet bowed to their pressure and issued an apology, which is now above the column he wrote. Phil Magness wrote an article for the American Institute for Economic Research entitled “The Suicide of the American Historical Association" about how Sweet's Soviet-style apology is a picture perfect representation of the ills we see in the industry of history. Phillip W. Magness is the Director of Research and Education at the American Institute for Economic Research and a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute. He holds a PhD and MPP from George Mason University's School of Public Policy, and a BA from the University of St. Thomas (Houston). His books include “Colonization After Emancipation: Lincoln and the Movement for Black Resettlement”; “Cracks in the Ivory Tower: The Moral Mess of Higher Education”; and “The 1619 Project: A Critique.” He has taught public policy, economics, and international trade at American University, George Mason University, and Berry College. His articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Newsweek, Politico, Reason, National Review, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. If you enjoyed this episode, do us a favor and subscribe to our podcast and leave a rating and a review. It would be greatly appreciated.

GUEST OVERVIEW: Dr Phillip W. Magness is a Senior Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research. He is an economic historian specializing in the “long” 19th century United States, as well as general macroeconomic trends. He is a leading expert on black colonization during the Civil War era, and its sometimes-strained relationship with the African-American emigrationist movement of the same period. He studies the political economy of slavery in the Atlantic world, and particularly its relationship to public policy.

The #1619Project is still one of the most controversial and important documents of our time. Edmund Santurri, director of the St. Olaf IFC, leads a conversation between Leslie M. Harris and Phillip W. Magness who present very different perspectives.

"The Fed already lost credibility by missing its stated inflation target, and the nomination of partisan actors such as Cook would further throttle its credibility. " ~ Phillip W. Magness & David Waugh

At the inaugural lecture of 2022 at Francisco Marroquín University, Phillip W. Magness questions how is it possible that, 30 years after the fall of the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics (USSR), a totalitarian regime continues to be so celebrated in the present? How is it possible that a figure like Karl Marx continues to be so relevant today? Magness takes a historical tour where he demonstrates how Karl Marx was rejected by the intellectual circle of his time states and, through numerous examples, how the USSR gave Marx the mainstream stature that he has today, leaving the intellectual circle at a crossroads, since his legacy has not been based on ideas, but on violence, suffering and poverty. Phillip W. Magness is Senior Research Faculty and Interim Research and Education Director at the American Institute for Economic Research. Discover more content at http://www.newmedia.ufm.edu Organized by: Universidad Fransisco Marroquín https://www.ufm.edu/ A production by New Media UFM http://newmedia.ufm.edu

If you haven't had the chance to deal with a bully, just wait a bit longer. Bullies are a fact of life but handling them doesn't have to put you in physical or moral jeopardy. Paul Rosenberg says dealing with violence is a fact of life but you don't have to become a bully to do it. The recent testy exchanges between Senator Rand Paul and Dr. Anthony Fauci have been worth keeping an eye on. This isn't just a personality clash, it's an epic struggle of a bureaucrat trying to duck accountability. Phillip W. Magness and James R. Harrington have some marvelous background regarding Fauci, emails and some alleged science. Every day we're seeing more evidence that the people who've been calling the shots on lockdowns and vaccine mandates have been terribly wrong. It's long past time for them to stand up and be truthful. Jeff M. Lewis has some simple, honest questions about Covid-19. The Fourth Turning historical cycle that is playing out before us is building to its climax. Jim Quinn has a lengthy and highly informative essay on our current bad moon rising. Better buckle up. Bumpy road ahead. Sometimes it seems like we have to choose between being misled by lies and propaganda or by misinformation and conspiracy theories. The Good Citizen has a great essay on Indiana Alex Jones and the Last Conspiracy Theory. A very worthwhile read. If someone suggests that we are living in revolutionary times, they're not wrong. The question is, what kind of revolution we're experiencing. Ron Paul says we need a revolution of ideas that don't rely on the force of government for their legitimacy. The prospect of a civil war is not something to be romanticized. William Sullivan accurately recounts what issue was really at the heart of what we call the Civil War and why it's relevant today. www.thebryanhydeshow.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/loving-liberty/support

  To illustrate the depth of the scientific divide over Covid lockdowns and vaccines, take a closer look at Fauci, emails and some alleged science regarding the Great Barrington Declaration. Phillip W. Magness and James Harrington have some eye-opening evidence regarding how far the powers that be are willing to go to silence dissenters. A lot of public health "experts" seem to think they can control a virus. Jordan Schachtel says, in reality, these experts in government and academia are exposing themselves as clueless charlatans who want to control the rest of us. The people and systems that seek to rule us work overtime to convince us that they're simply responding to what we really want. Paul Rosenberg warns not to believe them and he describes why we'll be so much better without them. Going to college used to be the key to a brighter future. Unfortunately, a college degree just doesn't open the doors it once did. Peter Clark has a compelling explanation of why college degrees are losing their value. The question that should be on our minds as 2021 draws to a close: where do we go from here? Thomas Luongo describes what it's like finding strength along a post-Covid Fury Road and reminds us to remember who broke the world in the first place. These are my sponsors. They make it possible for me to do what I do: Monticello College Life Saving Food (through Christmas Eve, use the coupon code "HYDE" at checkout for a 30% discount, free shipping and NO sales tax) The Heather Turner Team at Patriot Home Mortgage HSL Ammo Sewing & Quilting Center Govern Your Income

The 1619 Project: A Critique: https://www.aier.org/article/the-1619-project-a-critique/ Phillip W. Magness is a Senior Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research. He holds a PhD and MPP from George Mason University's School of Public Policy, and a BA from the University of St. Thomas (Houston) --------------------------------------- If you find value in the content, please consider donating to my PayPal KeithKnight590@gmail.com LBRY: https://lbry.tv/@KeithKnightDontTreadOnAnyone:b BitChute: KeithKnightDontTreadOnAnyone https://www.bitchute.com/channel/keithknightdonttreadonanyone/ Minds: https://www.minds.com/KeithKnightDontTreadOnAnyone/ MeWe: mewe.com/i/keithknight25 Flote: https://flote.app/VoluntaryistKeith Gab: https://gab.com/Voluntarykeith Twitter: @an_capitalist The Libertarian Institute: https://libertarianinstitute.org/dont-tread-on-anyone/ One Great Work Network: https://www.onegreatworknetwork.com/keith-knight

The 1619 Project: A Critique: https://www.aier.org/article/the-1619-project-a-critique/ Phillip W. Magness is a Senior Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research. He holds a PhD and MPP from George Mason University's School of Public Policy, and a BA from the University of St. Thomas (Houston). ------------------------ If you find value in the content, please consider donating to my PayPal KeithKnight590@gmail.com LBRY: https://lbry.tv/@KeithKnightDontTreadOnAnyone:b BitChute: KeithKnightDontTreadOnAnyone https://www.bitchute.com/channel/keithknightdonttreadonanyone/ Minds: https://www.minds.com/KeithKnightDontTreadOnAnyone/ MeWe: mewe.com/i/keithknight25 Flote: https://flote.app/VoluntaryistKeith Gab: https://gab.com/Voluntarykeith Twitter: @an_capitalist The Libertarian Institute: https://libertarianinstitute.org/dont-tread-on-anyone/ One Great Work Network: https://www.onegreatworknetwork.com/keith-knight

Americans rapidly adopted masks last summer and have continued to use them at consistently high rates ever since. Adding a new national mask mandate on top of this practice will bring little if any additional benefit to what voluntary adoption already achieved, though it may foster a false hope in the exaggerated claims of an obsolete and erroneous model.

This has been a year of astonishing policy failure. We are surrounded by devastation conceived and cheered by intellectuals and their political handmaidens. We trusted these people with our lives and liberties and here is what they did with that trust.

Rick Gates is the former deputy campaign chairman for Donald Trump in 2016. He then served as the deputy chairman for the president’s inaugural committee. Rick is the author of “Wicked Game: An Insider’s Story on How Trump Won, Mueller Failed, and America Lost.” @rickwgates. TOPIC: Trump’s Final Stand And the Legacy of the Supreme Court!! Jeff Crouere is the host of “Ringside Politics,” which airs weekdays on WGSO 990-AM in New Orleans. He is a political columnist, the author of America's Last Chance and provides regular commentaries on the Jeff Crouere YouTube channel and on www.JeffCrouere.com. TOPIC: 2020 ELECTION SHOWED LIMITS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM!! PHILLIP W. MAGNESS is a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute and Senior Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research. TOPIC: Case for Mask Mandate Rests on Bad Data!!

Similar returns to lockdown are being actively discussed at the national level across Europe, and on a regional basis in the United States. The much-derided "straw man" of renewed lockdowns, it would appear, has already sprung to life.

Fellow wrongthinker Gary Welch stops by to weigh in on the passing scene. Among the topics we cover: Is there a realistic alternative to the two major political parties? Gary explains why the United America Party may merit a closer look. Is Sweden really abandoning its no-lockdown policy? Jon Miltimore puts the rumor to rest. We are now living in the age of lockdown denialism. Phillip W. Magness has a solid take. Are there better alternatives than college? Brad Polumbo says, don't discount trade schools. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/loving-liberty/support

The most pressing power struggle of our day isn't the upcoming presidential election. It's the battle between the lockdown ideologues and the rest of us. Phillip W. Magness shines a light on just how desperate the lockdowners have become. Things have been getting Orwellian for quite some time. But we've just passed another milepost of sorts. Changing the meaning of words--on the fly--to support the official narrative we're required to believe. Annie Holmquist has a great example of the latest example of newspeak. As happy a bunch as those rioters appear to be, there has to be a better way for one to register disapproval. Judge Andrew Napolitano has a novel idea, what it we just ignore the government when it tries to impose itself on us? I know the election is growing close but why is it such a matter of importance in our lives? In fact, why is it garnering so much attention from citizens in nations far away? Joakim Book takes a closer look at Trump Mania and why we care so much about politics these days. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/loving-liberty/support

Since debuting in the New York Times Magazine on August 14, 2019, the 1619 Project has ignited a debate about American history, the founding of the country and the legacy emanating from the nation’s history with chattel slavery.The project’s creator and editor, Nikole Hannah-Jones, has described the project as seeking to place “the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.” Components of a related school curriculum have been adopted in major cities like Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Buffalo, New York. For her work on the project, Hannah-Jones was awarded the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary.But the project has also come in for heavy criticism from historians and economists of all political and philosophical persuasions for inaccuracies in "matters of verifiable fact” in history and economics. In response to these critics, Hannah-Jones just recently declared the project not a work history, but instead a work of journalism.One of the project’s most frequent critics is Phil Magness, Senior Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research.On this episode, Phil Magness discusses the objectives of the 1619 project, the economic history of slavery, the project’s historical errors and why many Americans seem to have such a difficult time accepting the complicated totality of our own history.Phillip W. Magness at the American Institute for Economic ResearchThe 1619 Project - The New York Times MagazineThe 1619 Project: A Critique - Phil MagnessPublic Schools Are Teaching The 1619 Project in Class, Despite Concerns From Historians - ReasonKarl Marx: Intellectual father of the 1619 Project? - Rev. Ben JohnsonThe 1619 Projection: 3 lies Pulitzer should not reward - Rev. Ben Johnson See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Phil Magness When the news broke yesterday that the New York Times‘s egregious “1619 Project” had won a Pulitzer Prize for commentary, I knew the only thing to do was get Phillip W. Magness on the line. Magness, a senior research fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research, is the author of a brand new and indispensable book answering the factual errors and gross interpretive... Source

When the news broke yesterday that the New York Times‘s egregious “1619 Project” had won a Pulitzer Prize for commentary, I knew the only thing to do was get Phillip W. Magness on the line. Magness, a senior research fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research, is the author of a brand new and […]Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/powerline/the-1919-project-pulitzer-and-other-outrages-a-phil-magness-omnibus/.Now become a Ricochet member for only $5.00 a month! Join and see what you’ve been missing: https://ricochet.com/membership/.Subscribe to Power Line in Apple Podcasts (and leave a 5-star review, please!), or by RSS feed. For all our podcasts in one place, subscribe to the Ricochet Audio Network Superfeed in Apple Podcasts or by RSS feed.

Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery (1974) is a book by the economists Robert Fogel and Stanley L. Engerman. Asserting that slavery was an economically viable institution that had some benefits for African Americans, the book was reprinted in 1995 at its twentieth anniversary. First published a decade after the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, the book contradicted contemporary assessments of the effects of slavery on African Americans in the American South before the Civil War. It attracted widespread attention in the media and generated heated controversy and criticism for its methodology and conclusions.-Phillip W. Magness is a Senior Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research and holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy from George Mason University. He is the author of numerous works on economic history, taxation, economic inequality, the history of slavery, and education policy in the United States. He is the author of Colonization After Emancipation: Lincoln and the Movement for Black Resettlement. You can follow him on Twitter at: @PhilWMagness.