Nightcap

  1. Ottoman bird palaces Atlas Obscura
  2. Ottomanism, Nationalism, Republicanism (the 1960s) Barry Stocker, NOL
  3. Liberalism and sovereignty Edwin van de Haar, NOL
  4. Why not world government? Michaelangelo Landgrave, NOL

Nightcap

  1. The challenges of lending to Main Street George Selgin, Alt-M
  2. What Sweden has done right on Coronavirus Joakim Book, AEIR
  3. The State Has Seized Many New Powers. It Won’t Let Go of Them Easily. Andrei Znamenski, Mises Wire
  4. When disease comes, rulers grab power Anne Applebaum, Atlantic

Nightcap

  1. On poverty and famine Frances Woolley, Worthwhile Canadian Initiative
  2. Lessons from 1918 Michael Shurkin, War on the Rocks
  3. A history of capitalism via coffee David Pilling, Financial Times
  4. Urbanization and its discontents Timothy Taylor, Conversable Economist

Nightcap

  1. Promotions galore for hawkish Chinese diplomats Tian & Zhai, Reuters
  2. The allocation of essential supplies during a crisis Peter Boettke, Coordination Problem
  3. Racism and the contamination of freedom Fabio Rojas, Bleeding Heart Libertarians
  4. Indo-Pacific versus Asia-Pacific Francis Sempa, Asian Review of Books

Nightcap

  1. The United States signed at least 29 treaties between 1789 and 1815 Rachel Herrmann, Age of Revolutions
  2. A glimpse of another kind of economy Nick Nielsen, Grand Strategy Annex
  3. The world after Covid-19 Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
  4. Old Christian icons in communist Bulgaria Terry Orr, Not Even Past

Nightcap

  1. The Gospel in a time of social distancing Casey Cep, New Yorker
  2. China’s misplaced pandemic propaganda Minxin Pei, Japan Times
  3. City of globalists David Corbin, Modern Age
  4. Edmund Burke and the American constitution Ofir Haivry, American Affairs

Nightcap

  1. What George Orwell can still teach the Left George Scialabba, Commonweal
  2. Why high African fertility persists Jack Goldstone, Hoover Institution
  3. Malta and the plague of 1813 Andrew Zwilling, War on the Rocks
  4. The libertarian arguments against democracy Adam Wakeling, Quillette

Nightcap

  1. Another wasted crisis? Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
  2. Come home America, we’re at war Richard Reinsch II, RealClearPolicy
  3. Vouchers fight pandemics Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
  4. Singapore: the Sino-Semitic connection Adam Garfinkle, American Interest

Nightcap

  1. Don’t wait for the government, DIY Karen Grépin, Duck of Minerva
  2. Actually, we need price gouging Antonis Giannakopoulos, Power & Market
  3. California, slavery, and the Gold Rush Paul Finkelman, LARB
  4. Wakaliwood, the homegrown Ugandan film industry Richard Whittaker, Austin Chronicle

Nightcap

  1. Human crap Gabrielle Hecht, Aeon
  2. So, as Lenin asked, what is to be done?” Howard Davies, Literary Review
  3. What the Democrats can learn from a dead libertarian lawyer Damon Root, Reason
  4. The Silk Road, the Black Death, and Covid-19 Parag Khanna, Wired

Nightcap

  1. The role of the libertarian in non-libertarian societies Fabio Rojas, Bleeding Heart Libertarians
  2. Did I have the coronavirus? Ross Douthat, New York Times
  3. Hospital bed access across Canada Frances Woolley, Worthwhile Canadian Initiative
  4. The future of public employee unions Daniel DiSalvo, National Affairs

Nightcap

  1. The Old Normal Andrew Bacevich, Harper’s
  2. Iran Doesn’t Want War but has a big appetite for riskWar on the Rocks
  3. Nice try, economists Arnold Kling, askblog
  4. Against “aggregate demand” Chris Dillow, Stumbling and Mumbling

Nightcap

  1. Rand Paul tests positive for coronavirus Bresnahan & Ferris, Politico
  2. The urgent lessons of World War I Brian Frydenborg, Modern War Institute
  3. Underestimating China Scott Sumner, MoneyIllusion
  4. Albania was not a True Communist country during the Cold War Griselda Qosja, Jacobin

Nightcap

  1. Four types of labor and the epidemic Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
  2. Republicans, Democrats, and coronavirus Ronald Brownstein, Atlantic
  3. War with Iran: Regrets only Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
  4. Taiwan’s robust constitutionalism and coronavirus Wen-Chen Chang, Verfassungsblog

Nightcap

  1. Keith Hart (economic anthropologist), RIP Cultural Anthropology
  2. Do you feel lucky, punk? Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
  3. From nation-states to interstellar civilization Nick Nielsen, Grand Strategy Annex
  4. Under the Virus’s Cloak, Trump Pursues Long-Sought Policies” NYT