Michelangelo writes: I sympathize with your pro-federation views, but it is admittedly a difficult position to argue from a purist libertarian view. I would support offering statehood to Japan and South Korea, as I mentioned earlier this week.* I would not however offer the same deal to Ukraine or the Baltic states. If pressed why … Continue reading From the Comments: What is a “National Interest”? (Why not federalism?)
Adrián‘s response to responses by me and Michelangelo on his initial response to a comment by Michelangelo that I highlighted in a post of mine (whew!) deserves a closer look: Guys, thanks for your comments, and apologies for the delay in responding! 1. I share your love for idle speculation. I’d say my fundamental difference with … Continue reading From the Comments: Types of Federalisms, Good and Bad
Rick Searle asks the following question after reading my argument with George Ayittey on secession in Africa: Brandon, how do you respond to the geopolitical and macro-economic arguments in favor of strong federalism rather than small-state nationalism? The experience of Central Europe after the First World War seems to offer a telling example of what … Continue reading From the Comments: Federalism, Small States and Central Banks
A recent op-ed in Foreign Policy highlights South Korea’s very successful rent-seeking campaign in regard to US military services: When it comes to taking charge of coalition forces here on the Korean Peninsula, South Korea has been a little gun shy. South Korea and the United States this week are celebrating the 60-year anniversary of … Continue reading Imperialism or Federalism: The Occupation of South Korea
From a post of mine on Native American sovereignty, and prompted by the thoughts of readers, I muse a little more: Hank, Thanks for the great link. My few thoughts, I am not so sure that Native Americans would choose sovereignty over membership into the federation currently in place. I lived near a reservation in … Continue reading From the Comments: Federalism, Local and Global
Before I begin I have a confession, I am a Party man. That being said, I have ties to the Liberty movement beginning when I was at Florida State and I am well-versed in Libertarian Theory and the Austrian School. I believe in a concept, which was termed recently “Competitive Federalism”. I first heard the … Continue reading Rebirth of Competitive Federalism
[new title] I have been blogging a lot lately on political decentralization and secession as tool for furthering this process. I am one of those people who thinks that Karl Marx had a lot of stuff right, even though he got some other important stuff very, very wrong. His prediction of the withering away of … Continue reading Scotland, the Sudan, and Federalism Done Right
A brief cultural history of work sucking Isha Aran, New Republic Why Jerry Taylor must resign from Niskanen Jason Brennan, 200-Proof Liberals How epidemic predictors got it all wrong Branko Milanovic, globalinequality Hayek, Mises, Slobodian, and federalism (pdf) David Gordon, QJAE
Must the president be a moral leader? Michael Blake, Conversation Why I am not a moderate Jacob Levy, Open Society Afraid to be free (pdf) James Buchanan, Public Choice Is India’s federal order doomed? Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Indian Express
The self-made British working class Helene Guldberg, spiked! India and the Mughal Empire William Dalrymple, Literary Hub On decolonization in Africa Sindre Bangstad, Africa is a Country Federalism in Europe, America, and Africa (pdf) Jörg Broschek, F&D
Europe and American federalism (pdf) Ernest Young, ASLJ “War is cruelty. You cannot refine it.” Francis Sempa, ARB A clash of two constitutions John McGinnis, Law & Liberty Internet culture, east to west Brett Fujioka, Noema
Toward an a priori theory of international relations (pdf) Mark Cravelli, JLS A fourth way out of the dilemma facing libertarianism (pdf) Laurent Dobuzinskis, C+T Taobao, federalism, and the emergence of law, Chinese-style (pdf) Liu & Weingast, MLR A road not taken: the foreign policy vision of Robert A. Taft (pdf) Michael Hayes, TIR
One of my papers was accepted for publication in the libertarian journal The Independent Review. Here’s an excerpt: This essay aims to fill that gap by making four arguments: 1. Prominent classical liberals and libertarians have long recognized the importance of interstate federalism for not only individual liberty but security for liberal polities in the … Continue reading Forthcoming: Reviving the libertarian interstate federalist tradition
Schumpeterian enigmas David Glasner, Uneasy Money Is John Roberts the new Anthony Kennedy? Damon Root, Reason “Economics of Federalism” (pdf) Inman & Rubenfield Gray mists & ancient stones Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, New Criterion
How David Graeber changed the way we see money Matthew Zeitlin, New Republic What’s wrong with “cancel culture,” again? Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth Why socialists should care about about American federalism Chris Maisano, Jacobin In loving memory of David Graeber Andrej Grubačić, PM Press
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