Author: Brandon Christensen

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  1. The United States signed at least 29 treaties between 1789 and 1815 Rachel Herrmann, Age of Revolutions
  2. A glimpse of another kind of economy Nick Nielsen, Grand Strategy Annex
  3. The world after Covid-19 Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
  4. Old Christian icons in communist Bulgaria Terry Orr, Not Even Past

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  1. The Gospel in a time of social distancing Casey Cep, New Yorker
  2. China’s misplaced pandemic propaganda Minxin Pei, Japan Times
  3. City of globalists David Corbin, Modern Age
  4. Edmund Burke and the American constitution Ofir Haivry, American Affairs

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  1. What George Orwell can still teach the Left George Scialabba, Commonweal
  2. Why high African fertility persists Jack Goldstone, Hoover Institution
  3. Malta and the plague of 1813 Andrew Zwilling, War on the Rocks
  4. The libertarian arguments against democracy Adam Wakeling, Quillette

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  1. Another wasted crisis? Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
  2. Come home America, we’re at war Richard Reinsch II, RealClearPolicy
  3. Vouchers fight pandemics Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
  4. Singapore: the Sino-Semitic connection Adam Garfinkle, American Interest

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  1. Don’t wait for the government, DIY Karen Grépin, Duck of Minerva
  2. Actually, we need price gouging Antonis Giannakopoulos, Power & Market
  3. California, slavery, and the Gold Rush Paul Finkelman, LARB
  4. Wakaliwood, the homegrown Ugandan film industry Richard Whittaker, Austin Chronicle

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  1. Human crap Gabrielle Hecht, Aeon
  2. “So, as Lenin asked, what is to be done?” Howard Davies, Literary Review
  3. What the Democrats can learn from a dead libertarian lawyer Damon Root, Reason
  4. The Silk Road, the Black Death, and Covid-19 Parag Khanna, Wired

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  1. The role of the libertarian in non-libertarian societies Fabio Rojas, Bleeding Heart Libertarians
  2. Did I have the coronavirus? Ross Douthat, New York Times
  3. Hospital bed access across Canada Frances Woolley, Worthwhile Canadian Initiative
  4. The future of public employee unions Daniel DiSalvo, National Affairs

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  1. The Old Normal Andrew Bacevich, Harper’s
  2. “Iran Doesn’t Want War but has a big appetite for risk” War on the Rocks
  3. Nice try, economists Arnold Kling, askblog
  4. Against “aggregate demand” Chris Dillow, Stumbling and Mumbling

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  1. Rand Paul tests positive for coronavirus Bresnahan & Ferris, Politico
  2. The urgent lessons of World War I Brian Frydenborg, Modern War Institute
  3. Underestimating China Scott Sumner, MoneyIllusion
  4. Albania was not a True Communist country during the Cold War Griselda Qosja, Jacobin

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  1. Four types of labor and the epidemic Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
  2. Republicans, Democrats, and coronavirus Ronald Brownstein, Atlantic
  3. War with Iran: Regrets only Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
  4. Taiwan’s robust constitutionalism and coronavirus Wen-Chen Chang, Verfassungsblog

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  1. Keith Hart (economic anthropologist), RIP Cultural Anthropology
  2. Do you feel lucky, punk? Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
  3. From nation-states to interstellar civilization Nick Nielsen, Grand Strategy Annex
  4. “Under the Virus’s Cloak, Trump Pursues Long-Sought Policies” NYT

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  1. The Use of Knowledge in Society F.A. Hayek, American Economic Review
  2. On conservative nationalism and foreign policy Emma Ashford, War on the Rocks
  3. Europe’s ‘solidarity’ crumbles in the face of a crisis Kai Weiss, CapX
  4. Bigger Brother: surveillance capitalism Tim Wu, New York Review of Books

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  1. Our cities, our selves Jason Jewell, Modern Age
  2. Waiting for the wave to break Chris Bertram, Crooked Timber
  3. Midcentury life in the Soviet Union Alex Halberstadt, Literary Hub
  4. Britain’s colonial crimes and trade Jamil Anderlini, Financial Times

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  1. Let’s have more audience-free debates Fred Kaplan, Slate
  2. Why the Natives usually sided with the British Jeffrey Ostler, Atlantic
  3. The case for shortening medical education Jain & Orr, Niskanen
  4. What’s buried in the coronavirus relief package? Billy Binion, Reason

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  1. Why didn’t we see this coming? Scott Sumner, MoneyIllusion
  2. Against ageism Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
  3. Expose the young Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
  4. Humility, not certainty Victor Davis Hanson, City Journal