From Big State and Small Society, to Small State and Big Society: Reflections on Richard Cornuelle’s Healing America
If we rethink the scope of government, then by necessity we rethink its scale. We don’t get thinner by tightening our belt, but as we get thinner, we require a smaller belt.
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Midwestern Liberal: A Smithian “Reclaiming of the American Dream”
Introduction At my first Philanthropic Enterprise colloquium in 2004, we explored the work of economist Kenneth Boulding.
Consequentialism and Philanthropy: The Legacy of a Revolutionary
Insofar as civility—the virtue of the citizen—requires disinterested interest in what is right not for the direct benefit of the individual but for the country, the generosity of philanthropy achieves significance far beyond that of charity.
(Re)Considering the Independent Sector
Introduction Richard Cornuelle’s Reclaiming the American Dream: The Role of Private Individuals and Voluntary Associations has been subjected to numerous interpretations in the more than half a century since its original publication in 1965.
Richard Cornuelle’s Quest for Community: Reflections on “De-nationalizing Community”
Introduction For a man whose obituaries almost universally and exclusively affixed to him the label “libertarian,” it may be surprising to hear that Richard Cornuelle described himself, in his presentation to the Philanthropy Roundtable entitled “De-Nationalizing Community,” as a “closet communitarian for most of my life.”
Government Versus Community: Reflections on Cornuelle’s “De-nationalizing Community”
In Reclaiming the American Dream (1993 [1965]), the work that first brought him to national attention, Richard Cornuelle introduced the term independent sector into the lexicon.
New Work for the Invisible Hands of Business
Introduction Perhaps the abiding theme of Richard Cornuelle’s thought was libertarian skepticism about the efficacy of government in addressing social problems.
Better and Worser Angels, and their Invisible Hands
In his essay “New Work for Invisible Hands” Richard Cornuelle evokes Adam Smith’s metaphor of the invisible hand, but challenges us to consider it in terms of our communal rather than our commercial activities.The Papers of Richard C. Cornuelle at the Hoover Institution
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Western Culture at the American Crossroads: The Conflict Over the Nature of Science and Reason
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