Source: Law & Liberty
by Samuel Gregg
“When Alexis de Tocqueville visited America between May 9, 1831, and February 20, 1832, he encountered a world that he believed might prefigure the political future for modern societies. He also found himself in the midst of an economy that had begun its rise to become the world’s biggest and most dynamic. Today, Tocqueville is celebrated as a political thinker whose insights in Democracy in America, The Old Regime and the Revolution, and lesser-known texts like his 1848 critique of socialism resonate over 150 years after his death. But with some notable exceptions, less attention has been given to how Tocqueville approached economic subjects.” (11/11/24)