- Oliver Williamson (RIP) and the Austrians Peter Klein, Mises Daily
- On the pioneer of Indian nationalism Soni Wadhwa, Asian Review of Books
- The politics of Star Trek Timothy Sandefur, Claremont Review of Books
- The psychology of entrenched privilege Côté et al., PSPB
Links
Nightcap
- Tea and capitalism and China too Andrew Liu, Aeon
- America’s immigration paradox David Nasaw, New York Times
- Covid-19 and the power transition from the US to China Meisel & Moyer, Duck of Minerva
- “The Jakarta Method” (American foreign policy) Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
Nightcap
- Keen insights into American Higher Ed Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- About a possibly divine boy William Deresiewicz, Atlantic
- Warlike democracies Michael Federici, Modern Age
- In praise of grand strategy Ehrhardt & Ryan, War on the Rocks
Nightcap
- The seen and the unseen Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
- Donald Trump doesn’t want authority Ross Douthat, New York Times
- Richard Rorty as a post-Straussian David Kretz, JHIblog
- Ancient and modern liberty Daniel Mahoney, Claremont Review of Books
Nightcap
- Can UBI fix the coronavirus crisis? Gian Volpicelli, Wired
- Why the US jobless surge is worse than in Europe Gavyn Davies, Financial Times
- Are there laws of history? Amanda Rees, Aeon
- How Modi turned Covid-19 into a cash machine Kapil Komireddi, the Critic
Nightcap
- Praise for John Calvin Batchelor Anahad O’Connor, NY Times
- The resentment of the creative class Nick Nielsen, The View from Oregon
- The return of anti-communism Francis Sempa, RealClearHistory
- John Rawls and the God Trick Susan Bandt, Commonweal
Nightcap
- The South Korean massacres in the Vietnam War Hoang Do, Diplomat
- It’s time to democratize the workplace, too Ingrid Robeyns, Crooked Timber
- Inheritance, marriage and swindle: the three ways to the top Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
- The specters of comparison Michael Rothberg, Latitude
Nightcap
- Kid culture: American life and its neontocracy Sarah Menkedick, Aeon
- The Anglo-Dutch-American Revolution, 1500-1800 Jonathan Clark, History Today
- How to think about human diversity without hierarchy Kwame Appiah, NYRB
- This is the best left-wing essay on capitalism I’ve read in years Jodi Dean, LARB
Nightcap
- How to be wrong Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
- Here’s what 30% unemployment looks like Nicholas Smith, Boston Review
- Welcome to Fascistville Mario Carrillo, The Long Run
- Khrushchev’s Great American Road Trip Angela Brintlinger, Origins
Nightcap
- Professional Libertarians and the posts they delete Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- Small business, bankruptcy, and the Federal Reserve George Selgin, Alt-M
- This is the best left-wing essay on capitalism I’ve read in years Jodi Dean, LARB
- Iraq has a new government Douglas Ollivant, War on the Rocks
Nightcap
- Will COVID-19 be a generation-defining event? Peter Nelson, Power & Market
- The inner life of American communism Corey Robin, the Nation
- San Francisco’s vision of progress and freedom Michael Gibson, City Journal
- More on the “public” in “public choice” Henry Farrell, Crooked Timber
Nightcap
- Deepak Lal: Rest In Peace Kapil Komireddi, The Critic
- Why the French Revolution was so important Robert Blackman, Age of Revolutions
- The limits of fiction Katherine Voyles, War on the Rocks
- “Aspects of the New Right-Wing Extremism” Stuart Jeffries, Financial Times
Nightcap
- On Scialabba’s How to be Depressed Morten Høi Jensen, American Interest
- More on the Jersey surge (philosophy and journalism) Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- Big government is not the solution, it’s the problem Scott Sumner, EconLog
- The future that we won’t have (bitter) Arnold Kling, askblog
Nightcap
- The separate worlds of Covid-19 Leah Windsor, Duck of Minerva
- Whose freedom? Anti-lockdown protests Dahlia Lithwick, Slate
- The glory—and risk—of cities Joel Kotkin, City Journal
- Still don’t believe in aliens? Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
Nightcap
- When do emergency measures turn into dangerous government overreach? Jonathan Wolff, Times Literary Supplement
- A philosophy of fear – and a society of scolds Daniel McCarthy, Modern Age
- The perils of lockdown living Sayed Kashua, New York Review of Books
- It’s time to take UFOs seriously Alexander Wendt (interview), Vox
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