America in the Grip of an Idea

America in the Grip of an Idea
A social security card with coins and cash in New York on Feb. 14, 2021. Chung I Ho/The Epoch Times
Mark Hendrickson
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In 1979, historian Clarence B. Carson (1926–2003) published a book titled, “The World in the Grip of an Idea.” The idea that Carson explored was collectivism in its various forms, such as fascism, socialism, and communism, to which we can today add environmentalism.
Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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Mark Hendrickson is an economist who retired from the faculty of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he remains fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. He is the author of several books on topics as varied as American economic history, anonymous characters in the Bible, the wealth inequality issue, and climate change, among others.
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