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Controversy over DiLorenzo's associations with the League of the South arose when DiLorenzo testified before the [[House Financial Services Committee]] at the behest of former U.S. Congressman [[Ron Paul]]. Congressman [[Lacy Clay]] criticized DiLorenzo<ref name="Walker">Walker, Childs (February 11, 2011). [http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-02-11/news/bs-md-loyola-professor-hearing-20110211_1_loyola-professor-religious-group-missouri-congressman "Loyola professor faces questions about ties to pro-secession group"]. ''The Baltimore Sun''.</ref> for participation in the League, which he described as a "neo-Confederate group" which advocates "a society dominated by European Americans"; after Clay's remarks at the testimony, DiLorenzo's connection with the League was mentioned by several major mainstream news organizations, including the ''[[Washington Post]]'',<ref>Milbank, Dana (February 9, 2011). [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/09/AR2011020905879.html "Ron Paul's economic Rx: a Southern secessionist"]. ''[[The Washington Post]]''.</ref> ''[[Reuters]]'',<ref>Sullivan, Andy (February 9, 2011). "Paul calls Fed's Bernanke "cocky" in House hearing." Reuters</ref> and the ''[[Baltimore Sun]]''.<ref>Walker, Childs (February 11, 2011). [http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-02-14/news/bs-md-dilorenzo-loyola-reaction-20110214_1_loyola-vice-president-ties-economics-professors "Loyola professor faces questions about ties to pro-secession group."] The Baltimore Sun</ref> In an article written for a [[LewRockwell.com]] piece written in response, DiLorenzo attacked Clay as a "liar and bigot" and described his association with the League as limited to "a few lectures on the economics of the Civil War" he gave to The League of the South Institute about thirteen years ago.<ref name="Lewrockwell.com">[http://www.lewrockwell.com/dilorenzo/dilorenzo201.html "My Associations with Liars, Bigots, and Murderers"], ''Lewrockwell.com'', February 11, 2011</ref> DiLorenzo's alleged association with the League was investigated by his employer, [[Loyola University Maryland]], whose vice president for academic affairs told the ''Baltimore Sun'' that "Professor DiLorenzo has denied any affiliation" with the League, and that "if we find there's more to this, certainly we would take appropriate action."<ref>Burris, Joe (February 14, 2011). [http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-02-14/news/bs-md-dilorenzo-loyola-reaction-20110214_1_loyola-vice-president-ties-economics-professors "Loyola investigating whether professor has ties to hate group.]" The Baltimore Sun</ref>
Controversy over DiLorenzo's associations with the League of the South arose when DiLorenzo testified before the [[House Financial Services Committee]] at the behest of former U.S. Congressman [[Ron Paul]]. Congressman [[Lacy Clay]] criticized DiLorenzo<ref name="Walker">Walker, Childs (February 11, 2011). [http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-02-11/news/bs-md-loyola-professor-hearing-20110211_1_loyola-professor-religious-group-missouri-congressman "Loyola professor faces questions about ties to pro-secession group"]. ''The Baltimore Sun''.</ref> for participation in the League, which he described as a "neo-Confederate group" which advocates "a society dominated by European Americans"; after Clay's remarks at the testimony, DiLorenzo's connection with the League was mentioned by several major mainstream news organizations, including the ''[[Washington Post]]'',<ref>Milbank, Dana (February 9, 2011). [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/09/AR2011020905879.html "Ron Paul's economic Rx: a Southern secessionist"]. ''[[The Washington Post]]''.</ref> ''[[Reuters]]'',<ref>Sullivan, Andy (February 9, 2011). "Paul calls Fed's Bernanke "cocky" in House hearing." Reuters</ref> and the ''[[Baltimore Sun]]''.<ref>Walker, Childs (February 11, 2011). [http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-02-14/news/bs-md-dilorenzo-loyola-reaction-20110214_1_loyola-vice-president-ties-economics-professors "Loyola professor faces questions about ties to pro-secession group."] The Baltimore Sun</ref> In an article written for a [[LewRockwell.com]] piece written in response, DiLorenzo attacked Clay as a "liar and bigot" and described his association with the League as limited to "a few lectures on the economics of the Civil War" he gave to The League of the South Institute about thirteen years ago.<ref name="Lewrockwell.com">[http://www.lewrockwell.com/dilorenzo/dilorenzo201.html "My Associations with Liars, Bigots, and Murderers"], ''Lewrockwell.com'', February 11, 2011</ref> DiLorenzo's alleged association with the League was investigated by his employer, [[Loyola University Maryland]], whose vice president for academic affairs told the ''Baltimore Sun'' that "Professor DiLorenzo has denied any affiliation" with the League, and that "if we find there's more to this, certainly we would take appropriate action."<ref>Burris, Joe (February 14, 2011). [http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-02-14/news/bs-md-dilorenzo-loyola-reaction-20110214_1_loyola-vice-president-ties-economics-professors "Loyola investigating whether professor has ties to hate group.]" The Baltimore Sun</ref>


Following the controversy, [[Washington Post]] columnist [[Dana Milbank]] wrote that the League of the South was listing DiLorenzo as an 'affiliated scholar' as recently as 2008 on its Web site.<ref name=Milbank>{{cite news|last=Milbank|first=Dana|title=Ron Paul's economic Rx: a Southern secessionist|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/09/AR2011020905879.html|accessdate=24 November 2013|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=February 9, 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20071029165040/http://lsinstitute.org/ League of the South Institute for the Study of Southern History and Culture]</ref> The Baltimore Sun reported DiLorenzo had written that that the League of the South still lists old lectures on their website.<ref name="Walker"/>
Following the controversy, [[Washington Post]] columnist [[Dana Milbank]] wrote that the League of the South was listing DiLorenzo as an 'affiliated scholar' as recently as 2008 on its Web site.<ref name=Milbank>{{cite news|last=Milbank|first=Dana|title=Ron Paul's economic Rx: a Southern secessionist|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/09/AR2011020905879.html|accessdate=24 November 2013|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=February 9, 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20071029165040/http://lsinstitute.org/ League of the South Institute for the Study of Southern History and Culture]</ref>

== Publications ==
== Publications ==
DiLorenzo has authored several books, including:<ref>[http://www.loyola.edu/webtrans/aca/sellingertest/profile.html?profile=2009053&directory=1487196 Loyola University Maryland, listing of representative publications for Dr. Thomas J. Di Lorenzo]</ref>
DiLorenzo has authored several books, including:<ref>[http://www.loyola.edu/webtrans/aca/sellingertest/profile.html?profile=2009053&directory=1487196 Loyola University Maryland, listing of representative publications for Dr. Thomas J. Di Lorenzo]</ref>

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Thomas DiLorenzo
Thomas DiLorenzo at CPAC in February 2010.
Born (1954-08-08) August 8, 1954 (age 70)
NationalityUnited States
Academic career
FieldEconomic history, American history
School or
tradition		Austrian School
InfluencesHenry Hazlitt, John T. Flynn[1]

Thomas James DiLorenzo (born August 8, 1954) is an American economics professor at Loyola University Maryland Sellinger School of Business.[3] He identifies himself as an adherent of the Austrian School of economics.[4] He is a research fellow at The Independent Institute,[5] a senior fellow of the Ludwig von Mises Institute,[6] and an associate of the Abbeville Institute.[7] He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Virginia Tech.[3]

Social and historical views

See also: Lincoln Unmasked and The Real Lincoln

DiLorenzo writes about what he calls "the myth of Lincoln" in American history and politics. He has said, "Lincoln is on record time after time rejecting the idea of racial equality. But whenever anyone brings this up, the Lincoln partisans go to the extreme to smear the bearer of bad news."[8] DiLorenzo has also spoken out in favor of the secession of the Confederate States of America, defending the right of these states to secede.[9]

The publication of The Real Lincoln garnered increased attention for DiLorenzo's views concerning President Lincoln and the U.S. Civil War. In a review published by the Ludwig von Mises Institute, where both he and DiLorenzo are Senior Fellows and colleagues on the Mises Institute faculty,[10] historian David Gordon noted DiLorenzo's arguments that the tariffs Lincoln put in place were the cause of the Civil War and that Lincoln was a "thoroughgoing dictator" who suppressed civil liberties.[11] Regarding slavery, Gordon quotes DiLorenzo as writing: "[it] was already in sharp decline in the border states and the upper South generally, mostly for economic reasons".

In 2002, DiLorenzo debated Harry V. Jaffa on the merits of Abraham Lincoln's statesmanship before and during the civil war. Political scientists Michael M. Uhlmann and Thomas L. Krannawitter wrote that in the debate "DiLorenzo displayed new heights of ignorance about the most basic problems of constitutional government, as well as the basic history of America."[12]

DiLorenzo is a frequent speaker at von Mises Institute events, and offers several online courses on political subjects on the Mises Academy platform.[6]He also writes for LewRockwell.com.[13]

DiLorenoz has written in defense of the right to secession. In a 2004 article on LewRockwell.com DiLorenzo wrote that many libertarians refused to support secession of the union by Confederate states because there government was not a "libertarian nirvana". He pointed out that Murray Rothbard, Lord Acton and Lysander Spooner had defended secession by the states. He wrote: " If the war was over the central government's "right" to destroy the right of secession, which both Abraham Lincoln and the U.S. Congress insisted, then the South was in the right, according to both Rothbard and Acton. One need not defend or glorify the Confederacy in order to arrive at such a conclusion."

In 2005 he wrote another article on LewRockwell.com regarding attacks on Thomas Woods, author of the best-selling The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History , because of his earlier association with the southern nationalist group the League of the South. DiLorenzo wrote that the "imperialistic neoconservative cult" that dominated the Republican Party was engaging in "character assassination" in order to defend their agenda. He said regarding the League of the South "Rather than pledging undying loyalty to the state and its imperialistic adventures — the defining characteristic of a neocon — the League asserts that 'Our strongest and most enduring earthly affections and allegiances" are to "families, friends, neighbors, villages, towns, cities, counties, and States,' and not 'the nation' or worse, the 'global community.'" He also wrote that the League "advocates peace and prosperity in the tradition of a George Washington or a Thomas Jefferson".[14]

League of the South controversy

Controversy over DiLorenzo's associations with the League of the South arose when DiLorenzo testified before the House Financial Services Committee at the behest of former U.S. Congressman Ron Paul. Congressman Lacy Clay criticized DiLorenzo[15] for participation in the League, which he described as a "neo-Confederate group" which advocates "a society dominated by European Americans"; after Clay's remarks at the testimony, DiLorenzo's connection with the League was mentioned by several major mainstream news organizations, including the Washington Post,[16] Reuters,[17] and the Baltimore Sun.[18] In an article written for a LewRockwell.com piece written in response, DiLorenzo attacked Clay as a "liar and bigot" and described his association with the League as limited to "a few lectures on the economics of the Civil War" he gave to The League of the South Institute about thirteen years ago.[19] DiLorenzo's alleged association with the League was investigated by his employer, Loyola University Maryland, whose vice president for academic affairs told the Baltimore Sun that "Professor DiLorenzo has denied any affiliation" with the League, and that "if we find there's more to this, certainly we would take appropriate action."[20]

Following the controversy, Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank wrote that the League of the South was listing DiLorenzo as an 'affiliated scholar' as recently as 2008 on its Web site.[21][22]

Publications

DiLorenzo has authored several books, including:[23]

  • Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government (2012). ISBN 9781610162562. OCLC 815625479
  • Hamilton's Curse: How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution – and What It Means for Americans Today (2008). ISBN 9780307382849. OCLC 593712801
  • Lincoln Unmasked: What You're Not Supposed To Know about Dishonest Abe (2006). ISBN 9780307338419. OCLC 67727894
  • How Capitalism Saved America: The Untold History of Our Country, From the Pilgrims to the Present (2004). ISBN 9780761525264. OCLC 834478638, 56895316
  • The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War (2003). ISBN 9780761536413. OCLC 716369332
  • From Pathology to Politics: Public Health in America (2000)
  • The Food and Drink Police: America's Nannies, Busybodies, and Petty Tyrants (1998). ISBN 9781560003854 OCLC 60213705
  • CancerScam: The Diversion of Federal Cancer Funds for Politics (1997)

References

  1. ^ http://mises.org/daily/1623
  2. ^ http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/108102.html
  3. ^ a b Sellinger School of Business and Management, Loyola University Maryland Faculty Directory and Sellinger School of Business school staff profile of Thomas DiLorenzo, accessed November 22, 2013.
  4. ^ Interview with Thomas DiLorenzo at Ludwig von Mises Institute website, August 16, 2010.
  5. ^ Thomas DeLorenzo profile at The Independent Institute website, accessed November 22, 2013.
  6. ^ a b Thomas DiLorenzo profile, at the Ludwig von Mises Institute website, accessed November 22, 2013.
  7. ^ Abbeville Institute associates list, accessed November 22, 2013.
  8. ^ "Confronting the Lincoln Cult," Mises Daily 3 June 2002
  9. ^ "An Abolitionist Defends the South," LewRockwell.com October 20, 2004]
  10. ^ "Mises Institute Faculty". Mises Institute. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  11. ^ DiLorenzo, Thomas J. (2002). "The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War." The Mises Review. 8(2).
  12. ^ Uhlmann and Krannawitter. "Father Abraham Under Fire Again". May 20, 2002. Claremont Institute. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  13. ^ Archive of DiLorenzo commentary for LewRockwell.com.
  14. ^ Dilorenzo, Thomas J. (February 25, 2005). "The Dreaded 'S' Word". LewRockwell.com
  15. ^ Walker, Childs (February 11, 2011). "Loyola professor faces questions about ties to pro-secession group". The Baltimore Sun.
  16. ^ Milbank, Dana (February 9, 2011). "Ron Paul's economic Rx: a Southern secessionist". The Washington Post.
  17. ^ Sullivan, Andy (February 9, 2011). "Paul calls Fed's Bernanke "cocky" in House hearing." Reuters
  18. ^ Walker, Childs (February 11, 2011). "Loyola professor faces questions about ties to pro-secession group." The Baltimore Sun
  19. ^ "My Associations with Liars, Bigots, and Murderers", Lewrockwell.com, February 11, 2011
  20. ^ Burris, Joe (February 14, 2011). "Loyola investigating whether professor has ties to hate group." The Baltimore Sun
  21. ^ Milbank, Dana (February 9, 2011). "Ron Paul's economic Rx: a Southern secessionist". The Washington Post. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  22. ^ League of the South Institute for the Study of Southern History and Culture
  23. ^ Loyola University Maryland, listing of representative publications for Dr. Thomas J. Di Lorenzo
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