Nightcap

  1. Conflicts of interest in economic research Fabo, et. al, NBER
  2. In the dragon’s shadow Frank Beyer, Asian Review of Books
  3. 2020 is a black comedy Scott Sumner, The Money Illusion
  4. The risk of creeping Apartheid? Chris Bertram, Guardian

Nightcap

  1. The bottom of the Progressive barrel Michael Koplow, Ottomans & Zionists
  2. Taking liberties with the history of freedom James Hankins, Law & Liberty
  3. Happiness: a tale of two surveys Nick Nielsen, The View from Oregon

Nightcap

  1. Why Adam Smith was right Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
  2. Understanding the war in Kenya and Ethiopia Dalle Abraham, Africa is a Country
  3. Propaganda and art in Iran today Amir Ahmadi Arian, NYRB
  4. The crypto state Bruno Maçães, City Journal

Nightcap

  1. Tell me about your mother Claire Jarvis, Hedgehog Review
  2. The internet of beefs Venkatesh Rao, Noema
  3. Bangkok’s bloodless revolt Kapil Komireddi, Critic
  4. Rethinking world order Rebeccah Heinrichs, Law & Liberty

Nightcap

  1. Goya Robin Simon, Literary Review
  2. Muslim guilt Mahvish Ahmad, Disorder of Things
  3. Postwar prosperity Jonathan Hopkin, Aeon
  4. Tripling America Kay Hymowitz, City Journal
  5. The tragedy of Donald Trump Ross Douthat, NY Times

Nightcap

  1. Can there be a global history of India’s caste system? Shuvatri Dasgupta, JHIBlog
  2. Caste, Silicon Valley, and anti-Caste NPR (pod…cast)
  3. How should law schools treat the powerful? Will Baude, Volokh Conspiracy
  4. The return of postal banking? Larry White, Alt-M

Nightcap

  1. Pirates, liberty, and imperialism Regina Much, Commonweal
  2. Can hierarchies be rescued? Chang Che, Los Angeles Review of Books
  3. How to restrain judicial review Ryan Doerfler (interview), Vox
  4. Twilight of the union Colin Kidd, New Statesman

Nightcap

  1. Orwellian Othering Bryan Caplan, EconLog
  2. Cancel With Them Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
  3. The rise of extreme politics in a federation VOXEU
  4. Conquests, atrocities, and non-Europeans Lipton Matthews, Mises Wire

Nightcap

  1. Hayek (Streeck, Hazony) and world federation and colonialism Eric Schliesser, Digressions & Impressions
  2. The new secessionism Jason Sorens, Modern Age
  3. Winning the court, losing the constitution John Grove, Law & Liberty
  4. The quest for German national identity Anna Corsten, JHIBlog

Nightcap

  1. In search of the writer-diplomat tradition Robert Fay
  2. Trump is plenty capable Will Wilkinson, Open Society
  3. The case against Mars Byron Williston, Boston Review
  4. Against human colonies Daniel Deudney (interview), LH

Nightcap

  1. The meaning of Amy Coney Barrett Ross Douthat, NY Times
  2. What does Ruth Bader Ginsburg mean for women? Amy Wax, CRB
  3. Talking about a constitutional restoration Titus Techera, L&L
  4. Give it away (Marcel Mauss) David Graeber, Free Words

Nightcap

  1. The high stakes of quantum computing Edward Luttwak, American Affairs
  2. A metaphor for the socialist calculation debate Rick Weber, NOL
  3. The American constitution and its consequences (pdf) Mittal, et al, NBER
  4. NATO’s strategic malaise Sara Bjerg Moller, War on the Rocks

Nightcap

  1. The specter of neocolonialism Deborah Leter, Africa is a Country
  2. Sovereignty, IR, and the Westphalian myth (pdf) Andreas Osiander, IO
  3. The trouble with police unions Daniel DiSalvo, National Affairs
  4. Polycentric democracy and its enemies (pdf) David Andersson, C+T

Nightcap

  1. The world forager elite Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
  2. The novel and the middle class Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
  3. The new leftist imagination Alexandra Marraccini, LARB
  4. Slavery and the Asante Empire Lipton Matthews, Mises Wire

Nightcap

  1. Vikings in the New World (but no Chinese?) Valerie Hansen, Aeon
  2. The 1619 Project is backtracking Robby Soave, Reason
  3. This figure obscures class divisions: for college graduates…” Robert Henderson, City Journal
  4. Comparative advantage is not about trade John Wentworth, Less Wrong