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Thomas James DiLorenzo (born August 8, 1954) is an American economics professor at Loyola University Maryland. He is an adherent of the Austrian School of Economics. He is a senior faculty member of the Ludwig von Mises Institute and an affiliated scholar of the League of the South Institute, the research arm of the League of the South, and the Abbeville Institute. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Virginia Tech.

DiLorenzo has authored at least ten books, including:

• How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution — and What It Means for Americans Today (2008)

• What You're Not Supposed To Know about Dishonest Abe (2006)

• The Untold History of Our Country, From the Pilgrims to the Present (2004)

• A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War (2003)

• From Pathology to Politics: Public Health in America (2000)

• The Food and Drink Police: America's Nannies, Busybodies, and Petty Tyrants (1998)

• CancerScam: The Diversion of Federal Cancer Funds for Politics (1997)

DiLorenzo has devoted much effort to scholarly historical revisionism, focusing on what has been called "the Lincoln Cult" as a political and historical phenomenon. In the same vein, he has spoken out in favor of the secession of the Confederate States of America, defending the right of these states to secede in a view similar to that of abolitionist Lysander Spooner. He has also criticized the crediting of the New Deal for ending the Great Depression.

DiLorenzo lectures widely, and is a frequent speaker at Mises Institute events.

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