19 Facts About Thomas DiLorenzo

Thomas James DiLorenzo is an American author and former university economics professor who is the President of the Ludwig von Mises Institute.

Thomas DiLorenzo has written books denouncing President Abraham Lincoln and is well known among economists for his work chronicling the history of antitrust policy in the United States.

Thomas DiLorenzo is a research fellow at The Independent Institute, Board of Advisors member at CFACT, and an associate of the Abbeville Institute.

Thomas DiLorenzo has spoken in favor of secession and has been described as an ally of, or part of, the neo-Confederate movement.

Thomas James DiLorenzo grew up in western Pennsylvania, descended from Italian immigrants.

Thomas DiLorenzo has a BA in economics from Westminster College in Pennsylvania.

Thomas DiLorenzo holds a PhD in Economics from Virginia Tech.

Thomas DiLorenzo is a former adjunct fellow of the Center for the Study of American Business at Washington University in St Louis.

Thomas DiLorenzo is a research fellow at the Independent Institute.

Thomas DiLorenzo is a speaker at Mises Institute events and teaches some of its online courses.

Thomas DiLorenzo was listed as an affiliated scholar though 2009 of the Institute for the Study of Southern Culture, which is run by the League of the South, a neo-Confederate group.

Thomas DiLorenzo writes about what he calls "the myth of Lincoln" in American history and politics.

Thomas DiLorenzo has called the American Civil War the "War for Southern Independence".

Thomas DiLorenzo is critical of Alexander Hamilton's financial views, the concept of "implied powers" in the Constitution, the existence of a federal bank, and the use of Keynesian economics to increase the national debt.

Thomas DiLorenzo's book The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War is a critical biography published in 2002.

Gordon quotes Thomas DiLorenzo: "slavery was already in sharp decline in the border states and the upper South generally, mostly for economic reasons".

In 2002, DiLorenzo debated Claremont Institute fellow professor Harry V Jaffa on the merits of Abraham Lincoln's statesmanship before and during the Civil War.

Milbank wrote that Thomas DiLorenzo had in 2010 told a secessionist Web site, DumpDC, that "secession is not only possible but necessary if any part of America is ever to be considered 'the land of the free' in any meaningful sense".

Further, Thomas DiLorenzo argues that the current Republican party is descended, not from the small-government views of Jefferson, but rather from the ideals of the Hamiltonian Federalist Party.