- Tea and capitalism and China too Andrew Liu, Aeon
- America’s immigration paradox David Nasaw, New York Times
- Covid-19 and the power transition from the US to China Meisel & Moyer, Duck of Minerva
- “The Jakarta Method” (American foreign policy) Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
British East India Company
Nightcap
- Bernie, Cuba, literary, and ill-gotten gains Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- The weird global coronavirus data Scott Sumner, EconLog
- Why the Fed shouldn’t “Do Nothing” George Selgin, Alt-M
- Corporatism (“anarchy”) on the Indian subcontinent Priya Satia, LARB
Nightcap
- Artists for hire: the forgotten masters of the British East India Company Peter Parker (wait, what?), Literary Review
- Lenin, capitalists, rope Scott Sumner, MoneyIllusion
- Barriers to cognitive diversity Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
- How the Saudi-Iran rivalry has unravelled the Middle East Toby Matthiesen, Financial Times
Nightcap
- Butler Shaffer has died. Rest In Peace. David Gordon, Power & Market
- The last gasp of the left-liberals (the courts) Noah Feldman, Bloomberg
- A history of the British East India Company Zareer Masani, History Today
- On Germany, from the 30 Years’ War to the Nazis David Goldman, CRB
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
- Modernity is everything, empires are everywhere Jeppe Mulich, Disorder of Things
- Science as a deeply imaginative process Tom McLeish, Aeon
- What makes dictators vulnerable? Sam Leith, Spectator
- Corporate violence and the pillage of an empire John Gapper, Financial Times
Nightcap
- The abolitionist hero ahead of his time Marcus Rediker, Aeon
- On guilt by association Chris Dillow, Stumbling and Mumbling
- The newest right-wing assault on federalism Ilya Somin, Volokh Conspiracy
- The Conquest of the World as Globe Soni Wadhwa, Asian Review of Books