Nothing has changed there, it is still correct.
Senator Goldwater and President Reagan would still be saying the same things if they were here right now, and they would be right.
the more things change, thr more they stay the same.
Nothing has changed in basic economics! The laws of supply and demand, fiscal and monetary policy as well as federal regulations and basic tax loads of the consumers are as relevant today as they were in 1980. If you want a return of stagflation then we need to go down the road which this writer suggests. If you think more government does not equate to less freedom, then look at ANY country on this planet that has socialist health-care, universities or retirement programs etc. The reality suggests the opposite of what this writer "thinks".
This author lives in a vacuum. He like the other self proclaimed intellectuals that dream this stuff up never seem to be able to give examples in real life or even connect the dots to contemporary economic theory of how this bright idea will work. Like Marx himself, they live in a world of theory and rhetoric but it consistently fails to deliver in real life. Yet this never seems to deter them.
The best socialists are those who never lived under such a system and were born and raised with a silver spoon in their mouth!
That is just great. We will have two political movements arguing over who can grow the federal leviathan more effectively. This is the kind of thinking that tempts we to consider third parties.
"It is oriented less toward negative liberty (How can I get the government off my back ?) and more toward positive liberty (Can I choose how to lead my life ?)."
To a large extent the two are the same question. In either case, the goal is to roll back the functions of government and enhance the functions of Civil Society.