Old Right (United States)

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Old Right (United States) was a loosely organized conservative and libertarian movement of the early-to-mid 20th century, associated with figures like Robert A. Taft and known for its opposition to the New Deal, foreign interventionism, and centralized federal power.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Old Guard Republican 1
Old Right 1
Old Right (United States) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf libertarian movement
political movement
associatedWith Albert Jay Nock
Chicago Tribune editorial line
linked to: Chicago Tribune

Garet Garrett
H. L. Mencken
Herbert Hoover
John T. Flynn
National Review early critics
Robert A. Taft
Senator Robert A. Taft
linked to: Robert A. Taft

The American Mercury
characteristic anti-New Deal
anti-centralization
anti-interventionist
anti-war
loosely organized
country United States
flourishedDuring 1930s
1940s
early Cold War era
followedBy New Right (United States)
linked to: New Right
historicalContext reaction to Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency
ideology classical liberalism
conservatism
libertarianism
paleoconservatism precursor
influenced modern American libertarianism
paleoconservatism
postwar libertarian movement
opposedTo Keynesian economics
New Deal
Roosevelt administration domestic policies
centralized federal power
foreign interventionism
welfare state expansion
position right-wing
precededBy 19th-century classical liberalism
supported constitutionalism
fiscal conservatism
isolationism
laissez-faire capitalism
limited government
non-interventionist foreign policy
states' rights
timePeriod early 20th century
mid 20th century
viewedAs coalition of conservatives and libertarians
opposition to bipartisan Cold War consensus

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Robert A. Taft movement Old Right (United States)
subject linked to: Mr. Republican
Nelson W. Aldrich politicalAlignment Old Guard Republican
linked to: Old Right (United States)
Frank Chodorov movement Old Right
linked to: Old Right (United States)
Albert Jay Nock influenced Old Right in American politics
subject linked to: Nock
linked to: Old Right (United States)