- Can we still learn from Lincoln? Forrest Nabors, Law & Liberty
- On Brexit and beyond Lionel Barber, Financial Times
- On Morocco’s most revered leftist Khalid Lyamlahy, Los Angeles Review of Books
- 2015: France’s bad year Andrew Hussey, Literary Review
Links
Nightcap
- Slowly, a civil war on the left brews Ryu Spaeth, New Republic
- African Catholics David Whitehouse, Imperial & Global Forum
- Geniuses don’t have to be nice Richard Evans, TLS
- The great American banking myth George Selgin, Alt-M
Nightcap
- Rocky Mountain states continue to produce excellent governors Epstein & Stevens, New York Times
- Blood and soil in Narendra Modi’s India Dexter Filkins, New Yorker
- David Graeber against economics David Glasner, Uneasy Money
- Libertarians and pragmatists on democracy Zak Woodman, NOL
Nightcap
- The future of cooperation in Antarctica Klaus Dodds, History Today
- Samantha Power’s new memoir is out Arnold Isaacs, War on the Rocks
- What do we actually know about the economy? Paul Krugman, New York Times
- The rabble and the rich (luxury beliefs) Rob Henderson, Quillette
Nightcap
- Great analysis of Turkish-Saudi cultural war Semih Idiz, Al-Monitor
- Trump has reminded the West why it preferred US hegemony Janan Ganesh, Financial Times
- The “Redemption Arc” of criminal justice Maria Farrell, Crooked Timber
- The new map of Saturn’s moon, Titan, explained Caleb Scharf, Scientific American
Nightcap
- “It’s because of how memory works.” Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
- How much progress have we actually made? Scott Sumner, MoneyIllusion
- Racism ripples through rural California’s pipes Jose Del Real, New York Times
- Margaret Sanger and the cult of racism Kevin Long, Claremont Review of Books
Nightcap
- Thanksgiving, Native Americans, and land theft Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg
- How to get through the “nationalism” minefield Steven Hayward, Law & Liberty
- Rioters of Hong Kong, champions of democracy Martine Bulard, Le Monde diplomatique
- There is no deep state Scott Sumner, EconLog
Nightcap
- Is this a new era of far right terrorism? Hoffman & Ware, War on the Rocks
- Great news on US-China trade talks Behsudi & White, Politico
- Chinese porn preferences Katrien Jacobs, Berfrois
- Denmark’s own “Lawrence of Arabia” Frederic Wehrey, New York Review of Books
Nightcap
- Austrian lessons for American security William Anthony Hay, Modern Age
- Why Denmark is not part of the Eurozone Krzysztof Mroziewicz, Power & Market
- Seeing like a finite state machine Henry Farrell, Crooked Timber
- Cheap laughs Christopher Hitchens, the Atlantic
Nightcap
- Vile, stupid, and tenured Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- Climate change denier, Part 2 Jacques Delacroix, Liberty
- Tribe, nation, empire Glenn Moots, University Bookman
- Drinking wine in ancient China Lynn Brown, JSTOR Daily
Nightcap
- David Graeber’s poor grasp of economics Scott Sumner, EconLog
- Is capitalism a threat to democracy? Caleb Crain, New Yorker
- When did we start talking about life from elsewhere? Caleb Scharf, Scientific American
- Russia or California? Conservatives in 2020 John Quiggin, Crooked Timber
Nightcap
- The grand folly of the Eurozone Ashoka Mody, spiked!
- Defending the nation Angelo Codevilla, Claremont Review of Books
- State-building in the Middle East Lisa Blaydes, ARPS
- The Trump Doctrine Michael Anton, Foreign Policy
A libertarian response to “OK Boomer”
No, not from me (I’m at home with the flu). Nick has a great post up on the topic. Vincent does, too. Jacques, a boomer himself, has a post up on American demographics. All three are well worth your time.
As is this short piece by Rick.
Nightcap
- Ownership and productivity in a capitalist society Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
- Provincial cosmopolitanism Nikki Usher, Cato Unbound
- China’s “bottom-up” cities (best essay on China this year) Bruno Maçães, City Journal
- The Democrats and their favorite mouthpiece Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
Nightcap
- How neoliberal thinkers spawned monsters they never imagined Wendy Brown (interview), INET
- Singapore’s thriving shadow education industry Sun Sun Lim, OUPblog
- The unraveling of Sino-Japanese relations Richard McGregor, History Today
- There is no end to history, no perfect existence Ludwig von Mises, Mises Institute
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