- Antisemitism, Zionism, and the changing politics of the Left David Feldman, Financial Times
- Revolutionary postcards in imperial Russia Donald Rayfield, Literary Review
- Dreamtime social games (better institutions) Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
- In defense of the people Roslyn Fuller, spiked!
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- The failed promise of Silicon Valley Kim Phillips-Fein, New Republic
- A history of the Antarctic Ocean Jean McNeil, History Today
- Another difference between Pakistan and India Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution
- Why the liberal West is a Christian creation John Gray, New Statesman
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- The curse of size Scott Sumner, EconLog
- Does size matter? Edwin van de Haar, NOL
- The towering statesmanship of George Washington Matthew Franck, Law & Liberty
- The Washington Doctrine of Unstable Alliances RealClearHistory
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- Just how feasible is a warp drive? Matt Williams, Universe Today
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- When the Soviet Union freed the Arctic from capitalist slavery Bathsheba Demuth, New Yorker
- The East India Company and corporate excess Maya Jasanoff, Guardian
- The relentless rise of the East India Company Jason Burke, Guardian
- The legacy of communism in the Russian Empire’s “-stans” Samuel Goff, Calvert Journal
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- (Austro-)Hungarian Jews Lee Congdon, Modern Age
- Some thoughts on PPP in China, the US, and Japan Scott Sumner, MoneyIllusion
- The nature and origins of modernity Alberto Mingardi, Law & Liberty
- Foucault and neoliberalism Daniel Zamora, Jacobin
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- Inside the liberal elite’s mountain retreat Linda Kinstler, 1843
- How to reform the Economics PhD Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution
- Populism’s prophet C Gavin Collins, Quillette
- The Cherokee want their spot in Congress Nick Martin, New Republic
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- Comedy and humor in the Soviet Union Indra Ekmanis, PRI’s The World
- What happened to the children of dictators? Grant Starrett
- The most blasphemous idea in contemporary discourse? Ingrid Robeyns, Crooked Timber
- Are voting ages still democratic? Bill Rein, NOL
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- “This was an unprecedented right-wing victory” Michael Koplow, Ottomans & Zionists
- “The problem of disappeared states and regions is that they are still here” Jacob Soll, New Republic
- “The costs have proven steep” Evans, Gandy, and Watts, Aeon
- Thinking through the franchise problem Nick Nielsen, The View from Oregon
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- The roots of India’s nationalist politics Archana Venkatesh, Origins
- How torture is institutionalized in Sri Lanka Ana Pararajasingham, Diplomat
- Brown-faced Canadian and American men Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- Why Japan is learning to love rugby Economist
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- The trouble with capitalism Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
- “Solve for the equilibrium, and…” Peter Boettke, Coordination Problem
- A vulgar theory of US hegemony Paul Poast, Duck of Minerva
- Yo, check this out Gephardt & Poe, KUTV
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- Confessions of a nuclear war planner Jean-Pierre Dupuy, Inference
- Quest of the avatars (internet history) Claire Evans, LARB
- Melancholy liberalism (Calhoun’s ghost) Adam Kirsch, City Journal
- Putting global governance in its place Dani Rodrik, NBER
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- Slavery as free trade Blake Smith, Aeon
- Yay Democracy Dollars Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
- Edward Snowden’s education Christian Lorentzen, LRB
- American hillbillies Jacques Delacroix, NOL
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- The house at Poo Corner Charles Kesler, Claremont Review of Books
- Pakistan in the regional vortex Christophe Jaffrelot, Le Monde diplomatique
- Greek Fire: the Byzantine superweapon Nick Nielsen, The View from Oregon
- Environmentalism versus homelessness Christian Britschgi, Reason
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- Modernity is everything, empires are everywhere Jeppe Mulich, Disorder of Things
- Science as a deeply imaginative process Tom McLeish, Aeon
- What makes dictators vulnerable? Sam Leith, Spectator
- Corporate violence and the pillage of an empire John Gapper, Financial Times