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Ogyū Sorai and the Truth about Money

Ancient, early modern, and quite modern economic wisdom

Our Children Deserve Real Teachers

AI does not belong in our classrooms

Advice From Sam Adams

“Founding Father” and beer manufacturer Samuel Adams had harsh words for anyone who supported the government kidnapping Americans and dragging them across...

The Man Who Believed in Nothing- Part III

“ONLY THE WEAK WILL FAIL!” Trump recently posted on Truth Social, proclaiming victory with his new tariff policy. I’ve been telling you for several months...

Democracy Is Still A Good Thing

If I were exactly the kind of “small government,” “free market” conservative I generally criticize, yesterday’s tariff announcements would make for an easy...

Newsletter Full Launch

Hello! This is just a brief programming note for you, much-appreciated subscribers to my newsletter, Another Way, which is now “fully launching” as planned...

Intellectual Property Won't Stop AI

And it shouldn't!

We Must Find Mahmoud Khalil or Lose America

Our Neighbors Are Being Disappeared

The Man Who Believed in Nothing- Part II

Spencerism in America

“Work together, eat bread together”

December 3, 2024

Stardew Valley and the Dream of the Commons

The Man Who Believed in Nothing- Part I

November 15, 2024

Herbert Spencer and the Nihilism of the Right

Striking Port Workers’ Most Controversial Demand

October 1, 2024

Why you should support the International Longshoremen's Association's demands concerning automation

Slavery and Empire as Malevolent Proto-Keynesianism

Yes, slavery and empire were economically significant

Better than a TikTok Ban

(Programming note: I have temporarily re-titled this newsletter. For now, we’re “Another Way”-- will take suggestions, since this doesn’t feel permanent....

Respectable Protests?

Columbia in (a little) historical perspective

Sam Altman, Hollow Man

What kind of guy would give us ChatGPT? What kind of guy is it making us?

Baltimore, Boeing: Who Suffers When Infrastructure Fails

For those of you who haven’t already heard, early this morning, Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge was hit by a container ship that lost power. It...

Woodrow Wilson and Joe Biden

New piece (by me) out at Jacobin magazine

“Machines that Cannot Err”

Ethics and Early Industrial Capitalism

Newsletter soft launch!

Welcome! I’m soft-launching this newsletter now. Later this year I’ll have a proper introduction, which will come with a move to a regular twice-monthly...