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Contents

Introduction

Section One: The Reality of American Fascism

1. The Reality of Red-State Fascism

2. The Fascist Threat

The Decline

The Origins of Fascism

Flynn Tells the Truth

The Eight Marks of Fascist Policy

The Future

3. Machiavelli and State Power

4. Headed to National Socialism

5. The Dawn of Late Fascism

6. The US Corporate State

Section Two: Capitalism and Its Heroes

7. The World of Salamanca

Francisco de Vitoria

Domingo de Soto

Martin de Azpilcueta Navarrus

Diego de Covarrubias y Leiva

Luis de Molina

The Austrian Tradition

8. Economics and Moral Courage

9. The Misesian Vision

10. The Promise of Human Action

11. Rothbard’s Legacy

12. Hazlitt and Keynes: Opposite Callings

13. Hazlitt’s Battle with Bretton Woods

14. Parallel Lives: Liberty or Power?

15. Liberty’s Benefactor

16. Ron Paul and the Future

17. The Generosity of Murray Rothbard

18. Twin Demons

19. Emulate Ron Paul

Subject Index