Modern war in the age of identity politics Annie Jacobsen, Wired Most thoughtful piece on the Trump presidency (so far) Arnold Kling, askblog Perfect capitalism, imperfect human beings (pdf) Quinn Slobodian, CEH The ongoing struggle for our liberties Samuel Goldman, Law & Liberty
Islamic State has stopped talking about China Elliot Stewart, War on the Rocks Can we see past the myth of the Himalaya? Akash Kapur, New Yorker Nation-building or state-making? (pdf) Bérénice Guyot-Réchard, Contemporary South Asia On national liberation Murray Rothbard, Libertarian Forum
Up from colonialism (yes, again) Helen Andrews, Claremont Review of Books Everything is broken Alana Newhouse, Tablet Why Trump isn’t a fascist Richard Evans, New Statesman From Martin Anderson to Charlie Hebdo and back Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
The Protestant ethic and the spirit of…nationalism? Wohnsiedler, et al, VOXEU Protestantism and the rise of capitalism (pdf) Delacroix & Nielsen, Social Forces America’s debt to Swiss intellectuals Bradford Littlejohn, Modern Age Up from colonialism Helen Andrew, Claremont Review of Books
On forecasting political economy Chris Dillow Stumbling & Mumbling Four years of Trump on Israel Michael Koplow, Ottomans & Zionists Luck and fate in politics John Quiggin, Crooked Timber The humanity of business (excellent) Alberto Mingardi, EconLog
Up from laissez faire capitalism (conservative economics) David Brog, American Affairs Mom’s time Eric Crampton, Offsetting Behaviour The gayification of the West Walter Siti, 3am magazine How to survive the coming tech purge Jeff Deist, Mises Institute
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
Don’t overreact to the Capitol riot Conor Friedersdorf, Atlantic We don’t need new laws to fight the far Right Branko Marcetic, Jacobin Longitudinal, generational privilege from the comments, EconLog You have to suffer Vanessa Bee, Guernica
Modern conquest and the India-China border Dan Altman, War on the Rocks The political economy of feudalism in medieval Europe (pdf) Andrew Young, Constitutional Political Economy Medieval modernity: On citizenship and urbanism in a global era (pdf) Alsayyad & Roy, Space & Polity Constitutional political economy, democratic theory and institutional design (pdf) Georg Vanberg, Public … Continue reading Nightcap
Guantánamo Bay’s unhappy birthday Benjamin Farley, War on the Rocks The boy who has everything Jacques Delacroix, NOL Wading through the Mumbai Blues Taran Khan, Newlines How to be a hermit Mary Wellesley, Spectator
The difference between Europe and America Aron & Holland, Duck of Minerva The difference between Britain and America Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling Why didn’t the Habsburgs federate? Branko Milanovic, globalinequality What is the best book about Argentina? Adrian Lucardi, NOL
On science studies (2021) Scott Sumner, EconLog On science studies (2019) Rick Weber, NOL On immediate impeachment Michael Paulsen, Bulwark A qualified defense of impeaching Trump again Ilya Somin, Volokh Conspiracy
Capitalist naturalism? Julie Ward, LARB Are Iraq & Afghanistan sunk costs? Matt Welch, Reason Is the Durand Line “treacherous”?Cesaretti & Qazizai Newlines Why can’t we see grabby aliens? Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
I, Lockdown Aeon Skoble, RCL On bad government Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling On libertarian world government Notes On Liberty Sorry for whatever Bryan Caplan, EconLog
Rousseau and the republicanization of money Oliver Weber, JHIBlog Model minorities and the Japanese-American experience Nathaniel Sumimoto, Current Affairs The uneasy afterlife of “A Confederacy of Dunces” Tom Bissell, New Yorker 10 deadliest riots in American history RealClearHistory
