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“This excellent collection of essays addresses the fundamental political question of our time or any time: Is the state servant or master? The ongoing experiment known as America began with the very radical notion that the state should indeed be restrained rather than sovereign. This happy development in human history is the grand idea explored here.

“I highly recommend The Idea of America to anyone interested in the animating spirit of America’s origins. We hear from expected sources like Jefferson, Paine, and de Tocqueville, but also from modern radicals like Mencken, Rothbard, and Rose Wilder Lane. These excellent minds challenge the reader to rethink their attitudes about government, political economy, and human affairs generally. Statist complacency is no match for such rigorous thinking about the role and nature of government. After reading these essays, I think readers will find themselves both enlightened and angry about the state of our republic today.” -Dr. Ron Paul, Rep. U.S. Congress

“I hope everyone will read this to see why America became a great country – so we can keep it a great country.”-Jim Rogers, author of Adventure Capitalist

“For two centuries, America existed as a unique and most successful country. Why America? William Bonner and Pierre Lemieux have answered that question by putting together a short compilation of the best historical essays and short documents that explain and express American exceptionalism. Those seeking an understanding of America, whether they are non-Americans or Americans with little understanding of American history, can do no better than to read this book.”-Dr. Richard Rahn, Senior Fellow, CATO Institute

“The Idea of America is a gem! The thoughtfully selected essays in this volume offer a window into the soul of our great nation.”-Edward H. Crane, President, CATO Institute

Meet the Authors

Bill Bonner
Since founding Agora Inc. in 1979, Bill Bonner has found success and garnered camaraderie in numerous communities and industries. A man of many talents, his entrepreneurial savvy, unique writings, philanthropic undertakings, and preservationist activities have all been recognized and awarded by some of America's most respected authorities. Along with Addison Wiggin, his friend and colleague, Bill has written two New York Times best-selling books, Financial Reckoning Day and Empire of Debt. Both works have been critically acclaimed internationally, and recently updated. With political journalist Lila Rajiva, he wrote his third New York Times best-selling book, Mobs, Messiahs and Markets, which offers concrete advice on how to avoid the public spectacle of modern finance. Since 1999, Bill has been a daily contributor and the driving force behind The Daily Reckoning. Dice Have No Memory: Big Bets & Bad Economics from Paris to the Pampas, the new book from Bill Bonner, is now available for purchase. It is the definitive compendium of Bill’s daily reckonings from more than a decade: 1999-2010.
Pierre Lemieux
Pierre Lemieux, economist, author, professor, and consultant, Pierre Lemieux is Senior Fellow at the Montreal Economic Institute. He holds a Research Fellow Position at The Independent Institute in Oakland, California and is affiliated with the Department of Management Sciences at the University of Quebec in Outaouais.

Lemieux, a frequent contributor to the National Post, has been published in Paris and Montreal and translated into various languages. His most recent work is Somebody in Charge: A Solution for Recessions (New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2011), which speaks to his focus on individual liberty. Lemieux currently lives in Maine. He maintains websites at pierrelemieux.org and pierrelemieux.com.

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Dr. Richard Rahn on The Idea of America