The Republican Party's Civil War: Will Freedom Win?

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The Republican Party is in a civil war among three factions: establishment Republicans, who simply want to make the welfare state work efficiently; social conservatives who give priority to limiting liberty; and limited-government Republicans, who favor freedom.

Will chronic GOP fratricide mean the long-term decline of the party — and the country?

In this volume, Edward Hudgins analyzes the GOP’s woes and calls for radical realignment. Constituencies rejecting the restoration of liberty should be allowed — or asked — to leave. A modernist GOP should renew itself with fresh blood: entrepreneurial wealth creators, young people, and immigrants.

Atlas Society founder David Kelley, legal historian David N. Mayer, and longtime Objectivist Walter Donway contribute essays on America’s founding principles and the difference between true free markets and crony capitalism. A brief introduction to Objectivism by William R Thomas, the Atlas Society’s director of programs, is included as well.

Edward Hudgins is director of advocacy and a senior scholar at The Atlas Society. He has worked at the Heritage Foundation, the Cato Institute, and the Joint Economic Committee of Congress. He has edited books on public policy and on ethics and holds a Ph.D. from Catholic University.