- South Korea’s Confucianist-capitalist trap Makoto Kajiwara, Nikkei Asian Review
- Stockton’s experiment with Universal Basic Income Sarah Holder, CityLab
- The real Texas Annette Gordon-Reed, New York Review of Books
- For women, running is still an act of defiance Rachel Hewitt, 1843
Links
Nightcap
- Do the ends justify the means? Scott Sumner, EconLog
- Is a Catholic schism on the way? Bruce Clark, Erasmus
- Gandhi’s many enemies Faisal Devji, India Today
- Nationalism, sci-fi, and Chinese culture Layne Vandenberg, Diplomat
Nightcap
- Jack Schwartz on the weaknesses of the Mathematical Mind David Glasner, Uneasy Money
- Did the Thirty Glorious Years actually exist? Vincent Geloso, NOL
- A hidden cost of the War on Drugs Vincent Geloso, NOL
- Star Trek did more for the cultural advancement of women than government policies Vincent Geloso, NOL
Nightcap
- Second World soft power Ken White, Asian Review of Books
- Alas my love, you do me wrong Roderick Long, Policy of Truth
- The great fear of 1776 Jeffrey Ostler, Age of Revolutions
- Will no one defend free trade? Shikha Dalmia, the Week
Nightcap
- Napoleon Chagnon, controversial anthropologist, is dead Cornelia Dean, NY Times
- “European defense ministers had better not be superstitious.” Olivier-Rémy Bel, War on the Rocks
- In defense of marriage Bryan Caplan, EconLog
- When being gay is not a big deal Conor Friedersdorf, the Atlantic
- A day of mourning (People’s Republic of China) Ilya Somin, Volokh Conspiracy
Nightcap
- “We are in the midst of a technological panic.” Robert Lurie, Modern Age
- What is a concentration camp? Emma Kuby, History Today
- Kleptocracy Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- Greenland in Danish-American-Chinese relations Mercy Kuo, Diplomat
Nightcap
- One summer in America Eliot Weinberger, London Review of Books
- Death in prison, a short list Ken White, the Atlantic
- The tyranny of the economists Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein, New Republic
- Elites and the economy Donald Schneider, National Affairs
Nightcap
- Are libertarians being purged from the GOP? Scott Sumner, EconLog
- The Left still doesn’t understand Clarence Thomas Myron Magnet, City Journal
- How cult leaders brainwash their followers Alexandra Stein, Aeon
- Is dark matter hiding aliens? Caleb Scharf, Nautilus
Nightcap
- Antisemitism, Zionism, and the changing politics of the Left David Feldman, Financial Times
- Revolutionary postcards in imperial Russia Donald Rayfield, Literary Review
- Dreamtime social games (better institutions) Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
- In defense of the people Roslyn Fuller, spiked!
Nightcap
- The failed promise of Silicon Valley Kim Phillips-Fein, New Republic
- A history of the Antarctic Ocean Jean McNeil, History Today
- Another difference between Pakistan and India Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution
- Why the liberal West is a Christian creation John Gray, New Statesman
Nightcap
- The curse of size Scott Sumner, EconLog
- Does size matter? Edwin van de Haar, NOL
- The towering statesmanship of George Washington Matthew Franck, Law & Liberty
- The Washington Doctrine of Unstable Alliances RealClearHistory
Nightcap
- Just how feasible is a warp drive? Matt Williams, Universe Today
Nightcap
- When the Soviet Union freed the Arctic from capitalist slavery Bathsheba Demuth, New Yorker
- The East India Company and corporate excess Maya Jasanoff, Guardian
- The relentless rise of the East India Company Jason Burke, Guardian
- The legacy of communism in the Russian Empire’s “-stans” Samuel Goff, Calvert Journal
Nightcap
- (Austro-)Hungarian Jews Lee Congdon, Modern Age
- Some thoughts on PPP in China, the US, and Japan Scott Sumner, MoneyIllusion
- The nature and origins of modernity Alberto Mingardi, Law & Liberty
- Foucault and neoliberalism Daniel Zamora, Jacobin
Nightcap
- Inside the liberal elite’s mountain retreat Linda Kinstler, 1843
- How to reform the Economics PhD Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution
- Populism’s prophet C Gavin Collins, Quillette
- The Cherokee want their spot in Congress Nick Martin, New Republic
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