Thomas DiLorenzo

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Thomas J. DiLorenzo (born 1954) is an American economics professor at Loyola College in Maryland. He is an adherent of the Austrian School of Economics. He is a senior faculty member of the Ludwig von Mises Institute and an affiliated scholar of the League of the South Institute, the research arm of the League of the South and the Abbeville Institute.[1] He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Virginia Tech.

DiLorenzo has authored at least ten books, including The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War, How Capitalism Saved America: The Untold History of Our Country, From the Pilgrims to the Present, and Lincoln Unmasked: What You're Not Supposed To Know about Dishonest Abe. DiLorenzo has spoken out in favor of the secession of the Confederate States of America, defending its right to secede in a view similar to that of abolitionist Lysander Spooner.[2] He has also criticized the crediting of the New Deal for ending the Great Depression.[3]

DiLorenzo lectures widely, and is a frequent speaker at Mises Institute events.

[edit] See also

• Compensated Emancipation

[edit] External links

• Mises Media Webcast Lectures by DiLorenzo at the Ludwig von Mises Institute.
• Archive of DiLorenzo commentary for the Mises Institute.
• Archive of DiLorenzo commentary for The Independent Institute
• Archive of DiLorenzo commentary for LewRockwell.com
• The Real Abraham Lincoln - a debate between Thomas DiLorenzo and Harry V. Jaffa
• Critical review of The Real Lincoln by Thomas Krannawitter of the Claremont Institute
• DiLorenzo and his Critics by Clyde N. Wilson
• Interview with Thomas DiLorenzo in the " Southern Partisan".
• Q & A with Thomas DiLorenzo (video) on C-SPAN discussing his two books about Abraham Lincoln.