Nightcap

  1. Depicting extraterritoriality Mathew Hart (interview), JHIBlog
  2. America’s plot for world domination Robert Merry, TAC
  3. Beyond the !Kung (but no Wilmsen?) Manvir Singh, Aeon
  4. In high praise of Parler Eugene Volokh, Volokh Conspiracy

Nightcap

  1. We need to talk about the British Empire Sunder Katwala, CapX
  2. Nazi political economy Pseudoerasmus
  3. Liberty isn’t free Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
  4. Institutional oceanography Chris Shaw, Libertarian Ideal

Nightcap

  1. Who wants common sense? Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
  2. Theory versus common sense: the Dutch Notes On Liberty
  3. Scotland’s new blasphemy law Madeleine Kearns, L&L
  4. Academic corruption: government money Arnold Kling, askblog

Nightcap

  1. Fascinating piece on Ming China’s censorial system Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
  2. On the farmer’s protests Jeet Singh, Time
  3. Understanding the rise of socialism Brad Delong, Grasping Reality
  4. Understanding middlebrow Scott Sumner, Money Illusion

Nightcap

  1. The imperial sociology of “the tribe” in Afghanistan Nivi Manchanda, Millennium
  2. Life in the capital city of pre-modern Japan John Butler, Asian Review of Books
  3. The Irish free trade crisis of 1779 Joel Herman, Age of Revolutions
  4. Insiders and outsiders in 17th century philosophy Eric Schliesser, Philosophical Reviews

Nightcap

  1. Great piece on Latin American history Laurence Blair, BBC History
  2. The political economy of deep integration (pdf) Maggi & Ossa, NBER
  3. Democracy in the polycentric city (pdf) Loren King, Journal of Politics
  4. Here’s what I don’t say Christopher Craig, Threepenny Review

Nightcap

  1. The local touch of Soviet modernism Aliide Naylor, Jacobin
  2. The bad Muslim discount Kristin Yee, Asian Review of Books
  3. Ireland, America, and…national parks Melissa Buckheit, FIVES
  4. Can Japan bring the US back into the TPP? Daisuke Akimoto, Diplomat

Nightcap

  1. The Mises-(Karl) Polanyi debate (on imperialism) reconsidered Eric Schliesser, Digressions & Impressions
  2. Racism, entrepreneurship, and love Conor Friedersdorf, Atlantic
  3. The new power brokers? Index funds and the public interest Sahand Moarefy, American Affairs
  4. The quiet collapse of Scottish unionism Scott Hames, New Statesman

Nightcap

  1. Should everything be decentralized? Arnold Kling, Pairagraph
  2. Is Russia’s future non-Slavic? Eugene Chausovsky, Newlines
  3. Is America’s future non-European? Samuel Gregg, Law & Liberty
  4. The myth of Westernization Jon Davidann, Aeon

Nightcap

  1. Libertarianism is bankrupt Thomas Wells, 3 Quarks Daily
  2. Neoracism in America today John McWhorter, Persuasion
  3. Racism, elites, and the have-nots Joanna Williams, spiked!
  4. Monday morning quarterbacking Jason Brennan, 200-Proof Liberals

Nightcap

  1. Middle class: questioning the definitions Mary Lucia Darst, NOL
  2. On Romney’s child allowance proposal Scott Sumner, EconLog
  3. On the American constitutionalism, and nationalism Dennis Coyle, Modern Age
  4. Ottomanism, nationalism, and republicanism (IV) Barry Stocker, NOL

Nightcap

  1. The anti-colonial revolution Adom Getachew (interview), Tribune
  2. Testing balance-of-power theory in world history (pdf) Deudney, et al, EJIR
  3. Hayekian balance-of-power theory (pdf) Edwin van de Haar, TIR
  4. Globalization and peace: A Hayekian perspective (pdf) Adrián Ravier, LP

Nightcap

  1. The Zulus, the British, and the military revolution of the 19th century Jacob Ivey, Age of Revolutions
  2. The British, the Holy Roman Empire, and diplomacy in the 17th century Philip Hitchings, British Interest

Nightcap

  1. Immigration and voting for redistribution Derrill Watson, NOL
  2. What shouldn’t be surprising about democracy John Hasnas, RCL
  3. Wobbly: China’s post-Covid future Andrew Scobell, War on the Rocks
  4. Experts versus elites Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias

Nightcap

  1. Fastballs, Curveballs, and the Market Process — RIP Jerry Ellig Peter Boettke, Coordination Problem
  2. Hedge fund humbugs Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
  3. Libertarian terrorists? Ron Paul, RPWC
  4. On blaming the British Empire David Crane, Spectator