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Adams, John, 7
Affordable Care Act, 60, 81–86, 99, 102, 111, 115–16, 120
Agricultural Adjustment Act (1933), 58
agriculture, 25, 26, 35, 43, 45, 56
Agriculture Department, 56
American Liberty League, 125
American Revolution, 6, 12, 16, 90, 94
antitrust laws, 56
Individualism and Nationalism in American Ideology, 42
Bacon, Francis, 13
Beard, Charles, 4, 25, 29, 34–36, 42, 94, 101
An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States, 97
“The Myth of Rugged American Individualism,” 25, 29, 34–36
Beaumont, Gustave de, 20
Bellah, Robert, 2, 4, 21, 26, 44, 70, 73–74
Habits of the Heart, 26, 70, 73–74
Berkowitz, Edward, 60
Bill of Rights, 6, 14, 15–16, 41, 97, 118
Booker, Cory, 79–80
Boone, Daniel, 17
Brown v. Board of Education, 100
Bryce, James, The American Commonwealth, 17
Burke, Edmund, 48
Bush, George W., 81, 87, 100, 110
Califano, Joseph, Jr., 65
central planning, 42–44, 46, 70
Chamorro-Premuzic, Tomas, 114
Chase, Stuart, 42
checks and balances, 16, 21, 94, 97, 98, 99, 100, 119
Chesterton, G. K., 12
Christianity, 6–8, 9, 10, 17, 117
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 101
civic education, 121
Civil Rights Act (1964), 63
Clayton Act (1914), 56
Clean Air Act (1970), 66
Clinton, Hillary, 82–83, 110, 123
collectivism, 19, 70, 71, 74, 114–16, 124
college, “microaggressions” in, 111
colonial era, 5–24, 55, 81, 94, 99, 116–19
Columbus, Christopher, 93–94
Commager, Henry Steele, 47
“Farewell to Laissez-Faire,” 47, 50
Commerce Department, 56
communism, 32
community, 74–75, 114, 116, 122
Congress, US, 15, 45, 56, 57, 58, 63, 68, 83, 84, 88, 98, 99, 101, 102, 110, 116
Constitution, US, 2, 3, 6, 12–16, 21, 35, 41, 56–57, 59, 81, 94, 96–102, 109, 118, 119, 121
rugged individualism and, 96–102
corporations, 36, 44, 45, 113–14
Crockett, Davy, 17
Croly, Herbert, 29–30
The Promise of American Life, 29
Dean, Howard, 84
Debs, Eugene, 95
Declaration of Independence, 5–6, 9, 12–14, 94, 96, 118
Delaware, 8
democracy, 2, 6, 18, 20–21, 29, 55, 97, 99, 102
Tocqueville and, 20–21
Democratic Party, 40, 44, 45, 79–80, 110
Denmark, 123
Depression, 30, 37–50, 71, 90, 123
Individualism Old and New, 36
Duncan, Arne, 87
Eaton, Charles, 58
Depression, 37–50
of 1890–1940, 25–50
federal government growth and, 55–67
Friedman, and, 71–72
future of rugged individualism and, 107–28
income inequality, 89–93
laissez-faire, 31, 34, 47–50, 59, 90, 95, 108
postwar, 61–62
Reagan Revolution, 67–70, 71, 73
shift from agrarian to industrial, 25, 26
education, 3, 36–37, 63, 64, 66–67, 68–69, 71, 81, 86–88, 92, 101, 109, 110, 120–21, 123
civic, 121
Every Student Succeeds Act, 81, 88
No Child Left Behind, 81, 86–88, 110, 116
Progressivism and, 36–37
Education Department, 66–67, 68–69, 87
Egan, Timothy, 44
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 61–62
Electoral College, 100
Ely, Richard T., 28
Emanuel, Rahm, 58
energy crisis, of 1970s, 66
environmentalism, 66
Epstein, Richard, 99
Europe, 2, 7, 8, 14, 18, 26, 28, 31, 32, 48, 50, 71, 122
philosophical individualism, 8–11
Every Student Succeeds Act, 81, 88
Federalist Papers, 6, 16, 27, 118
Federal Reserve System, 56
feminism, 95
Ford, Gerald, 66
“forgotten man,” 41, 44–47, 50, 55, 59, 60, 63, 82
Franklin, Benjamin, 99
free markets, 10, 11, 43, 56, 60, 70, 102
Friedan, Betty, 95
Friedman, Milton, 62, 70–71, 73, 115
frontier, American, 12, 17–19, 25, 46, 62, 80, 94, 107, 108, 117, 122
closing of, 26–30
individualism takes root in, 17–19
rugged individualism and, 17–19, 25, 26–29, 94, 117
Fukuyama, Francis, 74–75
Gans, Herbert, 76
Gates, Bill, 91
gay marriage, 101
“gig economy,” 113–14
globalization, 125
Goldberg, Jonah, 125
gold standard, 66
Goldwater, Barry, 67, 69, 71, 73
colonial era, 5–16, 55, 94, 99, 116–19
Constitution and rugged individualism, 96–102
of 1890–1940, 25–50
federal growth, 55–67
Friedman and, 71–72
future of rugged individualism and, 107–28
income inequality and, 89–93
new frontiers and, 123–26
postwar, 61–62
Reagan Revolution, 67–70, 71, 73, 100
regulatory role of, 56–57
Grassley, Chuck, 84
Great Society, 3, 57, 62–65, 66, 67, 72–73, 81, 82, 83, 123
gross domestic product (GDP), 10, 55
Halpin, John, 48
Hamilton, Alexander, 46, 116–17
Hamilton (musical), 116–17
Harger, Charles Moreau, 27
Harrington, Michael, 70, 72–73
The Other America, 72–73
Hartz, Louis, 5
Hayward, Steven F., The Age of Reagan, 69
Head Start, 63
health care, 3, 63, 64–65, 101, 109, 110, 119, 123, 125
Medicare and Medicaid, 63–65, 82
Obamacare, 81–86, 99, 102, 111, 115–16, 120
helicopter parents, 111
Hill, Robert Tudor, 27
Hobbes, Thomas, 23n19
Holtz-Eakin, Douglas, 85
home schooling, 116
Hoover, Herbert, 2, 19, 31–34, 37–41, 46, 61, 67, 69, 74, 96, 118, 121
“American Individualism,” 31–33, 38, 56
The Challenge to Liberty, 33, 34
rugged individualism and, 31–34, 37–41, 44–47, 50, 56, 107–8, 121, 122
Hoover Commission, 61
Howell, William G., 99
Hyneman, Charles, 7
Ickes, Harold, 27–28, 39–40, 42
immigration, 26, 28, 29, 115, 116
income inequality, 2, 3, 30, 36, 40, 48, 81, 89–93, 95, 96, 102, 109, 110, 112
birth of, in America, 5–24
colonial era, 5–24, 94, 99, 116–19
philosophical debates, 70–75
pre-American DNA of, 6–11
Tocqueville and, 20–21
See also rugged individualism
industry, 2, 25, 35, 37, 43, 45, 71, 95
growth of, 25, 26, 33, 35, 37, 46
inflation, 66
information age, 1, 40, 112–13
infrastructure, 35
Interstate Commerce Commission, 56
Japan, 124
Jefferson, Thomas, 8, 12, 13, 14, 16, 29, 46, 48, 118
Jobs, Steve, 91
Johnson, Lyndon, 3, 57, 62–65, 72, 75
Great Society, 62–65, 66, 72–73, 82, 83
Johnson, Ron, 86
Jones, Mary “Mother,” 95
Justice Department, 56
Katznelson, Ira, 58
Kennedy, Ted, 87
Kissinger, Henry, 1
Labor Department, 56
laissez faire economics, 31, 34, 47–50, 59, 90, 95, 108
land reform, 28–29
land speculation, 19
Lee, Henry, 14
Leroux, Pierre, 8
Levin, Yuval, The Fractured Republic, 124–25
Levinson, Sanford, Our Undemocratic Constitution, 97–98
Lincoln, Abraham, 33
Locke, John, 7, 8–13, 23n19, 90
London, Jack, 95
Los Angeles, 115
Louisiana Purchase, 56
Lukes, Steven, 8
Lutz, Donald, 7
Magna Carta, 14
Mason, George, 15
Mexican War, 56
Mill, John Stuart, 49
“On Liberty,” 11
Principles of Political Economy, 49
Moe, Terry, 99
Montesquieu, 7
Mount, C. Eric, Jr., 6
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 72
multiculturalism, 115
Murray, Charles, 65
Myers, William Starr, 34
National Industrial Recovery Act (1933), 58
National Labor Relations Board, 58
National Popular Vote Bill, 100
networked individualism, 3, 112–14, 122
New Deal, 3, 25, 37–50, 55, 57–61, 63, 69, 71, 82, 89, 95, 107, 108, 123
New Jersey, 8
Newton, Isaac, 13
No Child Left Behind (NCLB), 81, 86–88, 110, 116
Northwest Ordinance, 56
nuclear weapons, 72
Obama, Barack, 4, 34, 57, 79, 80, 81–86, 87–88, 89, 107, 121–22
Obamacare, 60, 81–86, 99, 102, 111, 115–16, 120
Ogilvy, Jay, 124
Pennsylvania, 8
pension crisis, 123–24
Pew Internet Project, 113
debates about American individualism, 70–75
Piketty, Thomas, 2, 21, 80, 81, 89–93, 96
Capital in the Twenty-First Century, 81, 89
Pilgrims, 17
Plato, 14
Constitution and rugged individualism, 96–102
federal government growth and, 55–67
Friedman and, 71–72
future of rugged individualism and, 107–28
income inequality and, 89–93
Reagan Revolution, 67–70, 71, 73, 100
2016 presidential campaign, 108–10
Port Huron Statement, 72
positive declarations of rights, 14–16
private property, 8, 9, 10, 11, 92
Progressivism, 2, 3, 4, 19, 25, 29–50, 56, 71, 75, 79, 82, 95, 96, 101, 107, 108, 109, 110, 117, 120
rugged individualism undermined by, 29–50, 55–67
Prohibition, 57
Puritans, 7
Putnam, Robert, 2, 4, 21, 70, 74, 111–13
Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis, 112
Rainie (Lee) and Wellman (Barry), Networked: The New Social Operating System, 113
Rawls, John, Theory of Justice, 90
Reagan, Ronald, 57, 66–70, 71, 73, 75, 79, 87, 90, 95, 100, 121
Reagan Revolution, 57, 67–70, 71, 100
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 38
religion, 6–8, 9–11, 15, 17, 22n11, 30, 101, 109, 116, 117
Renaissance, 6
Reston, James, 61
Roaring Twenties, 36
Roosevelt, Franklin, 3, 25, 27, 34, 37–50, 61, 63, 66, 75, 82, 120
forgotten man and, 41, 44–47, 50, 55, 59, 60
New Deal, 37–50, 55, 57–61, 82
Roosevelt, Theodore, 17, 27, 34, 82
The Winning of the West, 17, 27
Rose, Todd, The End of Average, 122
Roy, Avik, 84
“rugged” (term), 122–23
rugged individualism, 1–4
birth of, in America, 5–24
Constitution and, 96–102
Depression and, 37–50
education and, 86–88
of 1890–1940, 25–54
federal government growth and, 55–67
frontier and, 17–19, 25, 26–29, 94, 117
future of, 107–28
Hoover and, 31–34, 37–41, 44–47, 50, 56, 107–8, 121, 122
income inequality and, 89–93
matrix, 4
Obamacare and, 81–86, 99, 102, 111, 115–16, 120
optimism about, 112–17
pessimism about, 108–12
philosophical debates, 70–75
pre-American DNA of, 6–11
undermined by Progressivism, 29–50, 55–67
Zinn and, 93–96
Sabato, Larry, A More Perfect Constitution, 98
Sanders, Bernie, 109, 110, 114, 123, 125
Scalia, Antonin, 84
Scottish Enlightenment, 8–11
Seidman, Michael, On Constitutional Disobedience, 98–99
Sherman Act (1890), 56
Siedentop, Larry, Inventing the Individual, 6
Wealth of Nations, 9–10
socialism, 112
Social Security, 60–61, 67, 71, 82, 116
Social Security Act (1935), 60, 65
debate about individualism and public policy, 73–75
Sotomayor, Sonia, 59
Soule, George, 42
Sowell, Thomas, Intellectuals and Society, 80
startups, 113–14
Stegner, Wallace, 19
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 72
Sumner, William Graham, 44
Supreme Court, US, 56, 58, 59, 84, 100–102
taxation, 14, 44, 57, 60, 66, 74, 84, 85, 89, 90, 92, 109
Reagan cuts, 68–69
television, 3
Thatcher, Margaret, 90
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 2, 18, 19, 20–21, 73–74, 75, 102, 107, 108, 121
Democracy in America, 20–21
trial by jury, 15
Turner, Frederick Jackson, 18–19, 28, 31
“frontier thesis” of, 18
Twain, Mark, 50
Uber, 114
Voting Rights Act (1965), 63
wage and price controls, 66
Wallace, Henry, 43
Walls, Stephanie, Individualism in the United States: A Transformation in American Political Thought, 2
Wall Street, 59
War on Poverty, 72–73
Washington, George, 7, 8, 11, 15
Watergate scandal, 66
Webster, Daniel, 7
welfare, 63, 64, 66, 72, 73, 81, 92, 125
rugged individualism and, 17–19, 25, 26–29, 117
Weyl, Walter, 49
Williams, Conor P., 48
Wilson, James Q., 63–64
Wilson, Woodrow, 47–48, 98, 120
The Study of Administration, 43, 47–48
Wineburg, Sam, 93
Wisconsin, 18