Books by Maxwell Frazier
The Republican Papers
A two‑volume collection of essays written in favour of a renewed republic—examining political economy, constitutional design, civic virtue, and the future of American self‑government.
- Political economy, debt, credit, and sovereignty
- Constitutional design and civic virtue
- A modern roadmap for republican renewal
Volumes
Volume I: Economics and the Republic
Volume I focuses on economics and the republic: wealth, debt, credit, trade, the middle class, and the pressures that turn republics into empires.
Volume II: The Modern Republic
Volume II focuses on the modern republic at a crossroads, the Constitution and its discontents, and an expanded “New American Deal” roadmap for reform.
Summary
A two‑volume collection of essays written in favour of a renewed republic—examining political economy, constitutional design, civic virtue, and the future of American self‑government.
Excerpt
Every generation must ask whether its republic is secure, or whether the temptations of power and wealth have set it on the road to decay. The Founding generation knew this question well. They had studied Rome, Greece, and the fallen republics of Europe, and in their warnings, we hear a consistent refrain: liberty perishes not by sudden conquest, but by corruption from within. ²
America has reached a moment where nearly every pillar of the republic is under strain. The presidency grows more powerful with each crisis. Congress hesitates to act unless forced. States confront sovereignty questions left unresolved for more than a century. And the American people are expected to trust institutions that no longer trust them back.
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Maxwell Frazier writes on governance, civic responsibility, and political economy—drawing from history to argue for a renewed republic built on virtue, accountability, and durable institutions.