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Values quiz (worth taking!)

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I’m a big fan of unscientific and undignified online political quizzes. (Remember this?) Michelangelo pointed out the newest one, and I just had to share it here. Take the quiz. My results:

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Here’s Michelangelo’s results:

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Me and Michelangelo match up pretty well, except for our diplomatic axis. Am I the odd man out here at NOL? In libertarian circles more generally? Take the quiz already, and don’t forget to post your results in the ‘comments’ section!

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  1. Germany is struggling with its place in the world Ulrike Franke, War on the Rocks
  2. German parents are more laid back than American ones Lenore Skenazy, Hit & Run (Reason)
  3. How to walk through a Berlin park Elnathan John, 1843
  4. How is the world ruled? Branko Milanovic, globalinequality

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  1. In 1948, Israel lost 1% of its population Marcel Surr, War is Boring
  2. How Nazis Celebrated Murdering Jews Edward Westermann, Aeon
  3. Croatia: the Fragile Heart of the Balkans Matthew Engel, New Statesman
  4. How Marvel Comics’ Wakanda Got Its Name Thomas McDow, Origins

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  1. The new age of great power politics John Bew, New Statesman
  2. Before We Cure Others of Their False Beliefs, We Must First Cure Our Own Christopher Preble, Cato Unbound
  3. Libertarians (FDP) ruin coalition talks in Germany Christian Hacke, Deutsche Welle
  4. The Rich You Will Always Have With You Brandon Turner, Law & Liberty

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  1. The Persistence of Tyranny Ken White, Popehat
  2. The father of consumer sovereignty Henry Farrell, Crooked Timber
  3. UK’s Labor (Left-wing) Party and the Custom’s Union Chris Dillow, Stumbling and Mumbling
  4. Kosher Salt Stefan Kanfer, City Journal

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  1. How Capitalism Tamed Medieval Europe Ed West, CapX
  2. Guns and the British Empire Priya Satia, Aeon
  3. When Government Drew the Color Line Jason DeParle, NY Review of Books
  4. In Praise of American History Marilynne Robinson, Times Literary Supplement

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  1. Iran’s Afghan fighters, in Syria Ahmad Shuja Jamal, War on the Rocks
  2. The Africans of 16th Century Britain David Dabydeen, New Statesman
  3. What Books Did American Blacks Read Before the 1960s? Jonathan Rose, History News Network
  4. Padmaavat loathed by fundamentalists of all stripes Barkha Dutt, Washington Post

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  1. Lessons from World War I and British Grand Strategy John Bew, War on the Rocks
  2. Trump prefers spectacle to strategy Danny Sjursen, the American Conservative
  3. A better way to talk about politics Conor Friedersdorf, the Atlantic
  4. It’s not just about big government Scott Sumner, theMoneyIllusion

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  1. The applied theory of bossing people around Deirdre McCloskey, Reason
  2. How to survive being swallowed Ed Yong, the Atlantic
  3. Soviet architecture, then & now Noah Sneider, 1843
  4. The Atlantic Ocean before Columbus David Abulafia, History Today

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  1. How Men In The Middle Ages Dealt With Gossiping Wives Katie Serena, ATI
  2. King’s Men & Bum’s-bailiffs Jonathan Healy, Social Historian
  3. Trump Shouldn’t Talk to Feds. And Neither Should You Ken White, Reason
  4. Frankenstein in Baghdad Robin Yassin-Kassab, New Statesman

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  1. Scandinavians and the boons of empire Miles Macallister, Aeon
  2. Europe’s populists are waltzing into the mainstream the Economist
  3. Toughing it out in Cairo Yasmine El Rashidi, NY Review of Books
  4. Knowledge of the Holocaust Bart van der Boom, OUPblog

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  1. Centuries-old German toy shop conquers internet Katrin Terpitz, Handelsblatt
  2. Interviews with Nazi Filmmakers [pdf] Gary Jason, Reason Papers
  3. Comparing Mao to Hitler and Stalin Ian Johnson, NY Review of Books
  4. 10 Weapons That Forged British Empire (my latest at RealClearHistory)

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  1. The Men Who Made the Third Reich Richard Evans, the Nation
  2. Missionaries Didn’t Ruin Native Cultures John McGreevy, Commonweal
  3. Gutenberg: the democratizer of knowledge Bettina Baumann, Deutsche Welle
  4. Richer than Rockefeller? David Henderson, EconLog

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  1. Scenes from a Police Detention Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
  2. The Weight of Words Jacob T Levy, Niskanen
  3. Trump’s Making the Liberal World Order Stronger Christopher Preble, National Interest
  4. Brexiters’ blind spot Chris Dillow, Stumbling and Mumbling

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  1. Polystates, Geostates, and Anthrostates Rick Weber, NOL
  2. Flags, Chinese Pirates, and the American Navy Claude Berube, War on the Rocks
  3. Congress is *Supposed* to be Dysfunctional Philip Wallach, National Affairs
  4. How Soviet Artists Broke with the Past Francis Vermeylen, 1843