- British and American fascism, past and present Priya Satia, Los Angeles Review of Books
- Why a world state is inevitable: the logic of anarchy (pdf) Alexander Wendt, EJIR
- Greater Britain or greater synthesis? (pdf) Daniel Deudney, RIS
- The Sung empire vs. the Byzantine “republic” Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
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- Conventional economics is more radical than Marxism Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
- What is “conservatism” in the US these days? Daniel McCarthy, Claremont Review of Books
- The cultural contradictions of American education Kay Hymowitz, National Affairs
- Political bargaining in a federation: Buchanan meets Coase (pdf) Mark Gradstein, CEPR
Nightcap
- Hong Kong voices in American politics Hui & Shum, Diplomat
- Who would rather stay at home alone? Elizabeth Brina, Gulf Coast
- The Carolingians, the Church, & constitutions (pdf) Andrew Young, SSJ
- How common is democracy throughout history? David Stasavage, Aeon
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- The Syrian intervention at 10 Paul Antonopoulous, antiwar.com (h/t Mark from Placerville)
- “Pitting people against each other” (pdf) Waheed Hussain, P&PA
- The mythical war scare of 1983 Simon Miles, War on the Rocks
- History’s empire William Anthony Hay, Law & Liberty
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- NATO, Russia, and bias (values vs. empirics) Rachel Epstein, Duck of Minerva
- Leftists loathe libertarians at DC think tank Daniel Lippman, Politico
- Free speech, committees, and Georgetown law Jason Brennan, 200-Proof Liberals
- Biden and his anti-socialist stimulus legislation Thomas Knapp, WLGC
- Contemplating nullification in the U.S. federation NEO, nebraskaenergyobserver
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- Experiments in self-reliance (Thoreau to Texas) Jonathan Malesic, Commonweal
- The Aztec revival in California’s public schools Christopher Silvester, Critic
- Racism, Georgetown law, and Salem witch trials John McWhorter, It Bears Mentioning
- How Ron Paul empowered the Federal Reserve George Selgin, Alt-M
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- Should international law be part of our law? (pdf) McGinnis & Somin, Stanford Law Review
- Are small autonomous political units economically viable? Chhay Lin Lim, NOL
- Institutions, machines, and complex orders Federico Sosa Valle, NOL
- Classical liberalism and the nation-state Edwin van de Haar, NOL
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- Plague and empire in the early modern Ottoman realm Rafael Nieto-Bello, Not Even Past
- Racist dreams and repentant racists Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- Pandemic death narratives in Mexico and the U.S.A. Rafael Luévano, LA Review of Books
- Why I hate Shakespeare Michael Huemer, Fake Noûs
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- Roman and Ottoman treasures in Algeria William Dalrymple, Financial Times
- Is Israel a Jewish state, or The Jewish state? Michael Koplow, Ottomans & Zionists
- Recovering the socialist free trade tradition Marc-William Palen, I & G Forum
- A Muslim woman and the sea (Algeria) Jacques Delacroix, Notes On Liberty
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- Segregating identity (Amanda Gorman) Kenan Malik, Observer
- Toward a more global history of capitalism Andrew Liu, Spectre
- Geopolitics as theory: federal-republicanism (pdf) Daniel Deudney, EJIR
- Argentina’s alternate history María Mazzoni, Age of Revolutions
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- The miseducation of America’s elites Bari Weiss, City Journal
- Fear, loathing, and surrealism in Russia Emina Melonic, Law & Liberty
- Cancelling Adam Smith Brian Micklethwait, Samizdata
- Artificial Intelligence and humanity Kazuo Ishiguro (interview), Wired
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- In defense of Jeff Sachs, but… Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
- The continuing mystery of the Belt and Road Yuan Jiang, Diplomat
- The Silk Road and re-globalization Pechlaner & Thees, global-e
- The Hawley-Smoot Tariff and the Great Depression David Glasner, Uneasy Money
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- Free speech is more important than ever Niall Ferguson, Quillette
- Is it racist to expect black kids to do real math? John McWhorter, It Bears Mentioning
- Revolt of the three feudatories Wikipedia
- War and trade in the peaceful century (pdf) Karlsson & Hedberg, EHR
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- Paul Krugman and public urination Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- Federal-republican earth constitutions (pdf) Daniel Deudney, TGSWP
- Right-wing folk politics Chris Shaw, Libertarian Ideal
- Why autocracy in Russia always fails Rodric Braithwaite, Spectator