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.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Old Guard Republican 1
Old Right 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf libertarian movement
political movement
associatedWith Albert Jay Nock NERFINISHED
Chicago Tribune editorial line NERFINISHED
Garet Garrett NERFINISHED
H. L. Mencken NERFINISHED
Herbert Hoover NERFINISHED
John T. Flynn NERFINISHED
National Review early critics
Robert A. Taft NERFINISHED
Senator Robert A. Taft NERFINISHED
The American Mercury NERFINISHED
characteristic anti-New Deal
anti-centralization
anti-interventionist
anti-war
loosely organized
country United States of America
surface form: United States
flourishedDuring 1930s
1940s
early Cold War era
followedBy New Right (United States) NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
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

Referenced by (3)

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Mr. Republican movement Old Right (United States)
subject surface form: Robert A. Taft
Nelson W. Aldrich politicalAlignment Old Right (United States)
this entity surface form: Old Guard Republican
Frank Chodorov movement Old Right (United States)
this entity surface form: Old Right