- 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
Links
Nightcap
- 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
Nightcap
- 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
Nightcap
- 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
Nightcap
- 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
Nightcap
- 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
Nightcap
- 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 Choice
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
Nightcap
- 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
Nightcap
- 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
Nightcap
- 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
Nightcap
- 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
Nightcap
- 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
When May We Be Happy?
Sage advice from Bryan Caplan to help you get through a year dominated by pandemic and sedition:
Nightcap
- Lessons on internationalism from Carl Schmitt Mark Weiner, Open Society
- Populism (and its violence) is here to stay Mark Kukis, Aeon
- How 2020 kicked classical liberalism’s ass John McGinnis, Law & Liberty
- An excellent essay on Christianity and the West Andrew Klavan, City Journal
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