Tocqueville
Americannoun
noun
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“Debt issuance trends are strong and tracking 17% year over year in the second quarter,” Brian McKnight, equity analyst for Tocqueville Asset Management, which holds 39,000 shares, worth about $16.5 million, tells Barron’s.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
The best critic of liberal individualism is Tocqueville in Democracy in America.
From Slate ● May 16, 2026
It underwrites the sorts of elite cultural and educational institutions that Alexis de Tocqueville and others believed an egalitarian democracy would have difficulty nurturing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
As the French traveler Alexis de Tocqueville wrote nearly 200 years ago, America’s leading minds weren’t drawn to poetry, music or the arts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2025
Alexis de Tocqueville is famous for his seminal book Democracy in America, but what is less well known is his original purpose in coming to the United States.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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