- How the Afghanistan War really started Robert Wright, Nonzero
- The Fed’s exit strategy (in 2009) Robert Aro, Power & Market
- Austrian Economics for the lower classes Weiss & Nelson, L&L
- On liberalism’s peaceful global order Eric Schliesser, D&I
Links
Nightcap
- How to leave philosophy Greg Stoutenburg, Philosopher’s Cocoon
- Will bourgeoisie ever rule the Chinese state? Branko Milanovic, Global Inequality 3.0
- Adam Smith’s three theories of the British Empire Barry Weingast, SSRN
- Desert and self-defense Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
Nightcap
- Good essay on addiction Judith Grisel, Aeon
- The last of the fucked-up Mohicans Max Norman, LARB
- Adam Smith’s colonial politics Donald Winch, Cahiers d’économie politique
- Unsolved mysteries Daniel Barnum, Bat City Review
Nightcap
- Afghanistan is where ideologies go to die Sumantra Maitra, Critic
- Twilight of the Satyrs Charlotte Allen, Quillette
- The Chinese mirror Pierre Lemieux, EconLog
- The Tang dynasty died in Afghanistan, too Chan Kung, Diplomat
Nightcap
- Will Afghanistan hurt US credibility? Don Casler, Duck of Minerva
- When did we all become women? Kathryn Robinson, Seattle Weekly (h/t Tyler Cowen)
Nightcap
- International arbitration, 17th century style Eric Schliesser, Digressions & Impressions
- We are no longer a serious people Antonio Martínez, Pull Request
- Networked planetary governance Anne-Marie Slaughter (interview), Noema
- 5 O’Clockface Sharon Olds, Threepenny Review
Nightcap
- Why Angela Merkel has lasted so long Wolfgang Streeck, spiked!
- United States of Greater Austria Wikipedia
- Afghanistan and liberal hegemony Lawrence Freedman, New Statesman
- Diary of the guy who drove the Trojan Horse back from Troy James Folta, New Yorker
Nightcap
- Afghanistan has too much sovereignty Fernando Teson, RCL
- Pakistan’s masochistic support for the Taliban Kunwar Shahid, Spectator
- Has capitalism run out of steam? Dominique Routhier, LARB
- Here come the robot nurses Anna Guevarra, Boston Review
Nightcap
- Is Norway the new East India Company? Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
- A garden tree Eric Schliesser, Digressions & Impressions
- Indian migration and empire Bridget Anderson, Disorder of Things
- A “conservative” case for reparations Jacques Delacroix, NOL
Nightcap
- All-inclusive magic mushroom retreats Max Berlinger, Bloomberg
- What it is to be “young” or “youthful” Eric Schliesser, Digressions & Impressions
- Indian migration and empire Luke de Noronha, Disorder of Things
- Why not rectify past injustices? Bryan Caplan, EconLog
Nightcap
- Why is there no Rooseveltian school of foreign policy? Deudney & Ikenberry, Foreign Policy
- It’s time to drop the curtain on Japan’s colonial legacy Meindert Boersma, Lausan
- The ides of August (Afghanistan) Sarah Chayes (h/t Mark from Placerville)
- Rep. Barbara Lee on Afghanistan, 20 years later Abigail Tracy, Vanity Fair
Nightcap
- Property rights imply social liability, not privilege Rosolino Candela, EconLog
- The lingering scars of World War I Cal Flyn, Atlas Obscura
- Is the Arctic turning blue? (hawkish) Sonoko Kuhara, Diplomat
- Myanmar (or is it Burma?) Zachary Abuza, War on the Rocks
Nightcap
- Placing the American secession in global perspective Steven Pincus, Age of Revolutions
- Trotsky after Kolakowski Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
- A guide to finding faith Ross Douthat, New York Times
- Cancel culture: A recantation Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
Nightcap
- Art and exile in the Third Republic Hannah Stamler, the Nation
- Spending on infrastructure doesn’t always end well Richard White, Conversation
- Kabul and Chicago NEO, Nebraska Energy Observer
- The price of Tucker Carlson’s soul Andrew Sullivan, Weekly Dish
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