The Italian Presidency
Adam Tooze has a remarkably thorough Substack post on the upcoming presidential election in Italy, which complicated mechanisms will set...
Politics and Economics
Catering to People’s Needs
A Communist representative in the French National Assembly, André Chassaigne, probably expresses what many if not most people believe, in...
Two types of environmentalism
The environmental movement is a puzzling phenomenon. On the one hand, environmentalists frequently claim that global warming is a major...
Different Shades of Red
A commenter to one of my recent posts blamed me forcefully for suggesting that wokism and fascism “are not so...
Anarchy or Not?
Does God exist? Is anarchy desirable? The two sorts of question are obviously different and only on the second one...
The poison of nationalism
Colin Thubron might be our best living travel writer. (If he isn’t, please tell me who is better.) I recently...
Gotcha Questions for Martin Feldstein’s Confirmation Hearing
In late August and early September 1982, just after I started as a senior economist with President Reagan’s Council of...
Regenerative Agriculture and the Denial of Comparative Advantage. Recreating Old Problems?
Part 1: Food Security Supporters of alternative agricultural systems often argue that present-day monocultures are primarily the result of climate...
American Opinion from a Hayekian Viewpoint
A recent opinion poll by the Wall Street Journal reveals that 50% of Americans support President Biden’s Covid-19 vaccine requirements...
The politics of “right to die”
The Economist has an interesting story on laws allowing for physician assisted dying for people with certain health conditions. The...
