- Yalta: one of the greatest wrongs of history David Reynolds, New Statesman
- Individualism does not necessarily imply small government Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
- On socially influenced preferences Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
- A better defense of capitalism “djf,” askblog (comments)
Links
Nightcap
- Do quarantines work? Eleanor Klibanoff, Goats and Soda
- Trump’s Middle East plan Nathan Thrall, New York Times
- Trump’s Middle East plan Michael Koplow, Ottomans & Zionists
- Texans don’t want any more Californians Derek Thompson, Atlantic
Nightcap
- Keeping the cow and brahmin apart TM Krishna, the Hindu
- A leftist view of Peru’s recent elections Dan Collyns, Guardian
- Adam Smith and a science of civilization Nick Nielsen, The View from Oregon
- Socialism via futarchy Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
Nightcap
- Same old story, same old song and dance Johanna Möhring, War on the Rocks
- Why Britain Brexited Tom McTague, the Atlantic
- Is it rational to vote? Julia Maskivker, Aeon
- Large countries and bad government Arnold Kling, askblog
Nightcap
- Slavery and Anglo-American capitalism Gavin Wright, The Long Run
- How the law creates both wealth and inequality Adam Tooze, NYRB
- On immigration, Democrats should listen to Gorsuch Ian Millhiser, Vox
- Separatists arrested for fraud in Indonesia Arya Dipa, Jakarta Post
Nightcap
- Holocaust remembrance under communism (and after) Tim Judah, Financial Times
- Viruses and globalisation Johnathan Pearce, Samizdata
- Britain’s forgotten citizens Jorge Giovannetti-Torres, History Today
- On leaving Facebook alone John Samples, Cato Unbound
Nightcap
- Libertarians can’t save the planet (but is this a bad thing?) John Quiggin, Jacobin
- Great piece on class and contemporary film in the US Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
- Against the “balance sheet” approach to colonialism (or, how Leftists turn conservative) Robert Heinze, Africa is a Country
- If a monopoly gives away free services is it a problem? Izabella Kaminska, Alphaville
Nightcap
- The first Great Powers: Babylon & Assyria John Butler, ARB
- We don’t want economic growth Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
- Comparative disadvantage Oren Cass, Law & Liberty
- The Nazification of the Ku Klux Klan Assael & Keating, Politico
Nightcap
- The science of Roman history Alberto Prieto, Inference
- On some newly translated Brazilian books Sheila Glaser, New York Times
- Postcolonialism does not exist in France Haythem Guesmi, Africa is a Country
- In cold blood (reversing death) Philip Jaekl, Aeon
Nightcap
- Michel Houellebecq’s fragile world Siddhartha Deb, New Republic
- Classical liberalism vs libertarianism John McGinnis, Law & Liberty
- State capacity libertarianism is just old fashioned conservatism Samuel Hammond, Niskanen
- Meritocracy and capitalism in China today Long Ling, LRB
Nightcap
- The enemies of writing George Packer, Atlantic
- The headaches of war Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- The politics of annexation Michael Koplow, Ottomans & Zionists
- Political thought in India under the British Rahul Sagar, Scroll
Nightcap
- Can Francis change the Church? Nancy Dallavalle, Commonweal
- A Catholic debate over liberalism Park MacDougald, City Journal
- Why Hari Seldon was part of the problem Nick Nielsen, Grand Strategy Annex
- How not to die (soon) Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
Nightcap
- Surviving Modi’s undeclared war on Muslims Furquan Siddiqui, Baffler
- Do the Democrats have a foreign policy? Jessica Mathews, NYRB
- Praise for Elizabeth Warren’s student debt plan Thomas Knapp, TGC
- A cocktail: cosmopolitanism as a culture Brooke Allen, New Criterion
Nightcap
- One positive to come out of Zimbabwe’s chaos Peter Carty, Spectator
- Proxy wars and blowback Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- The fate of the Kurds Janet Klein, Origins
- Before the Kochs, there were the… Darren Dochuk, Politico
Nightcap
- Liberating the precolonial history of Africa Toby Green, Aeon
- The real Gujarat Model is not about economic growth Shikha Dalmia, the Week
- The Methodist split everybody should be talking about Todd Webb, Age of Revolutions
- The economic policy of Elizabeth Warren Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution
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