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

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

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)