The Reclamation of Responsibility

Peter Boettke writes:

Richard Cornuelle is one of the most insightful men I have ever had the good fortune to interact with in my career. The author of Reclaiming the American Dream (1965), De-managing America (1975), and Healing America.

. . . led him to declare that politics is never the solution, that if the people were to be empowered they would have to do it themselves. It is the voluntary sector, not the political sector, that will bring hope and change.

Three examples that Cornuelle uses to demonstrate the power of the people to address social problems far better than rule by experts from government agencies are:

(1) Home schooling;

(2) Alternative mail service;

(3) Private neighborhood associations.