Discovery Processes
A good friend of mine encouraged me to read this note published by James Jay Carafano, Vice President of The Heritage Foundation. Despite being as compelling as it is well intentioned, the article...
View ArticleA PPE pandemic reading list
I haven’t written for a while – other duties get in the way – but I’d like to suggest this reading list in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics for the present time of crisis and perplexity. The main...
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Hayek’s rapid rise to stardom David Glasner, Uneasy MoneyWhy I am not a natural lawyer FH Buckley, Law & LibertyBritish Imperial Federation (pdf) William Smith, Political Science QuarterlyThe...
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Permutations on Ernst Bloch’s “S is not yet P” Nick Nielsen, Grand Strategy Annex“‘Emergencies’ have always been the pretext …” Peter Boettke, Coordination ProblemThe Villager And The F-18 Deep...
View ArticleOn Abraham Kuyper’s Political Liberalism
My article “Abraham Kuyper and Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer as Anti-Rationalist Liberals” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Church & State and will hopefully be in print in...
View ArticleOn growing up in Brazil, political liberty, and religion
Steve Bishop recently interviewed me for his blog and we talked about my personal background, my Christian faith and my interest in Reformational philosophy, a tradition of thought of which Abraham...
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(Ooops, lol. I hope all of NOL‘s American readers had a good Memorial Day, and that everybody else had a good Monday. The Glasner piece is an excellent discussion of the Austrian School of Economics.)...
View ArticleHayek, International Organization and Covid-19
Just to inform all NOL-readers out there, if you like the subject, please register and join the IEA webinar I’ll give next wednesday, 13.00 hours, London time. Institute of Economic Affairs > Events...
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Greco-Roman civilisation has dominated ancient history for too long Philip Womack, SpectatorThe reaction against the End of History Nick Nielsen, Grand Strategy AnnexHayek at the hospital; the Use of...
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How Communist is China today? Rong Jian, Reading the China DreamWomen in academia and Parisian literary life Ann Smith, Dublin Review of BooksHayek, international organization, and Covid-19 (video)...
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9/11 + 19: Lessons Irfan Khawaja, Policy of TruthMisinformation and foreign policy Scott Sumner, EconLogThe Hayek question Chris Dillow, Stumbling & MumblingWhy not anarchy? Daniel McCarthy,...
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The Fatal Conceit of F. A. Hayek (pdf) Larry Sechrest, Reason PapersDemocracies are spontaneous orders, not states (pdf) Gus DiZerega, Cosmos+TaxisEmpire: public good and bads (pdf) Coyne &...
View ArticleEfficient markets as normative systems
Recently, I came across this outstanding interview with Eugene Fama published by The Market / NZZ. Besides the main subject discussed -the inability of central banks to control inflation-, the...
View ArticleThe Seldon Fallacy
Like some of my role models, I am inspired by Isaac Asimov’s vision. However, for years, the central ability at the heart of the Foundation series–‘psychohistory,’ which enables Hari Seldon, the...
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The politics of self-esteem Mikko Tolonen, Liberty MattersBetween Allah and America Farzana Shaikh, Literary ReviewA history of the Russian bathhouse Rachel Polonsky, NYRBBut when will Conor...
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Varieties of capitalism Milanovic & Ranaldi, VoxEUShakespeare in the military Jacqueline Whitt, War on the RocksTyranny unmasked Don Boudreaux, Cafe HayekOf Habsburgs and Hayek Robert Bellafiore,...
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Hayek, spontaneous order (pdf) Scott Boykin, TIRKarl Marx Branko Milanovic, globalinequalityUnited Arab Emirates Rafia Zakaria, BafflerAmerican capitalism Edward Glaeser, City Journal
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Hayek and Cassel on the Great Depression David Glasner, Uneasy MoneyGiving Trump the OJ treatment Thomas Knapp, WLGCLiberalism in Brazil Lucas Berlanza, Econ Journal WatchBrazil will not become...
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The anti-colonial revolution Adom Getachew (interview), TribuneTesting balance-of-power theory in world history (pdf) Deudney, et al, EJIRHayekian balance-of-power theory (pdf) Edwin van de Haar,...
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