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  1. One multi-ethnic state on the ruins of another Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
  2. Class politics has given way to identity politics Fraser Myers, spiked
  3. What a conservative learns in college these days Kathryn Hinderaker, Power Line
  4. “You can only hold down a good city for so long” Scott Sumner, MoneyIllusion

“Ethnic Violence in Africa: Destructive Legacies of Pre-Colonial States”

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Note: I’ve gotten through the first three chapters of Paul Feyerabend’s Against Method. (Rick’s initial thoughts are here, and Bill has been doing Feyerabend for awhile. These are the two you should probably follow a bit more closely throughout the summer.)

My own thoughts on Against Method are coming, but I keep getting distracted. Check out this beast of an article on how pre-colonial states in Africa continue to influence current affairs today, even though these have been absorbed into the post-colonial states we are all familiar with in Africa today. (h/t Kevin Lewis)

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  1. What is a “national interest”? (Why not federalism?) NOL
  2. Libertarians and world government NOL
  3. Sovereignty, the commons, and international relations NOL
  4. Why not world government? NOL

Don’t forget to read through the ‘comments’ dialogues…

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  1. David Bergland, R.I.P.
  2. The case against the case against the American Revolution Ilya Somin, Volokh Conspiracy
  3. One of the most peculiar aspects of the history of democracy Salih Emre Gercek, Age of Revolutions
  4. Reason, naturalism, and free will David Potts, Policy of Truth

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  1. If the United States leaves NATO: a thought experiment Economist
  2. The cries of populism have always been hollow Bryan Caplan, EconLog
  3. A new two-party system in the democratic West John Quiggin, Crooked Timber
  4. The student takeover at Cornell, 50 years on Tony Fels, Quillette

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  1. Tanks alot: Trump has it right Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
  2. The stateless superstar from a slum in Athens Mike Henson, BBC
  3. A forgotten physicist who killed his son and himself Eric Johnson, the Reader
  4. Why American jazz was welcomed in the USSR (and why it was banned) Boris Egorov, Russia Beyond

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  1. Trump’s “Salute to America” is a salute to government employees Ryan McMaken, Power & Market
  2. Oligarchs and oligarchs Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
  3. The deleted clause of the Declaration of Independence Kevin Kallmes, NOL
  4. Class and optimism Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling

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  1. The decline and fall of Western civilization, 1992 Dan Nadel, New York Review of Books
  2. The Hitlers in our own country Clive Webb, History Today
  3. A history of Singapore, from 1299 to the present Frank Beyer, Asian Review of Books
  4. A specter is haunting Xi’s China: ‘Mr. Democracy’ Ian Johnson, ChinaFile

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  1. Working in President Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers Casey Mulligan, Supply and Demand (in that order)
  2. How not to use percentages in a news story Joakim Book, Power & Market
  3. Climate change denialism Jacques Delacroix, Liberty Unbound
  4. The Mahabharata in South Asia, Europe, and East Asia Michael Kinadeter, JHIBlog

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  1. China’s cultural appropriations Hawkins & Wasserstrom, Aeon
  2. Why does population density matter? Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
  3. An ethnography of globalization, Thai-style TF Rhoden, Asian Review of Books
  4. Why communities decline Wilfred McClay, Modern Age

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  1. The greatness of Milton Friedman Scott Sumner, EconLog
  2. Adam Smith vs Friedrich Nietzsche Graham McAleer, Law & Liberty
  3. Canada between a Xi and a hard place Bruno Maçães, Twitter
  4. Justin Raimondo, RIP Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review

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  1. Italy’s waltz with China is business as usual Dario Cristiani, War on the Rocks
  2. Italy and the Belt and Road Initiative Tridivesh Singh Maini, NOL
  3. China’s liberals and benevolent hegemony Pär Nyrén, the Diplomat
  4. The dictatorship of the present John Michael Colón, The Point

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  1. Justin Raimondo, RIP (1951 – 2019)
  2. Whatever happened to Max Boot? Gene Healy, Modern Age
  3. Why Mick Cronin chose UCLA over legacy Myron Medcalf, ESPN
  4. Shine, Perishing Republic Justin Raimondo, Antiwar.com

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  1. “The US does not have a hukou system. We have zoning. And border controls.” Scott Sumner, EconLog
  2. “We prefer bad decisions taken by humans to good ones taken by machines.” Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
  3. “How the Fed might more perfectly fulfill its mandate” George Selgin, Alt-M
  4. “If I were in charge of Facebook, I would run it very differently.” Arnold Kling, askblog

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  1. American debt (to immigrants) Gaiutra Bahadur, New Republic
  2. Why immigrants are superior Jacques Delacroix, NOL
  3. Misadventures of an anthropologist in Indonesia Tim Hannigan, Asian Review of Books
  4. Why books don’t work Andy Matuschak