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Tom G. Palmer
TOM G. PALMER is Fellow in Social Thought at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C., and director of Cato University.
Formerly H.B. Earhart Fellow at Hertford College, Oxford University, and vice president of the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University, he has published frequently in such journals as the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Ethics, and Critical Review, as well as in publications such as Slate, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and The Washington Post.
He received his B.A. in liberal arts from St. Johns College in Annapolis, Maryland, his M.A. in philosophy from The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., and his D. Phil. in politics from Oxford University.
Recent publications include:
- "Classical Liberalism and Civil Society: Definitions, History, and Relations," in Civil Society and Government, ed. By Nancy Rosenblum and Robert Post (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001)
- "Saving Rights Theory from Its Friends," in Individual Rights Reconsidered, ed. by Tibor R. Machan (Stanford: Hoover Press, 2001).
A frequent public lecturer in the U.S. and abroad, his specialties include civil society in post-Soviet Eastern and Central Europe, public choice, and the moral and legal foundations of individual rights.
A fuller profile of Tom's writing and lectures is available from the Cato Institute. Tom may be contacted via e-mail.
Contributions
- Moscow's Pride & Prejudice, by Tom G. Palmer, March 29, 2006
- Scouting the Issue, by Tom G. Palmer, April 30, 2000