Some (Very Critical) Thoughts on Degrowth
I’ve been meaning to write about degrowth– the left-wing call for an economy whose material throughput decreases rather than increases– for a while now....
Why Venezuela? Just Oil... and more
Nuance for nuance's sake alone clarifies nothing
Bad Luck Makes History Too
So don't forget to make your own luck
The Another Way Last Minute Holiday Gift Guide, 2025
Another year of difficulties and hopefully joys has gone by, and rather than ruin the holidays with Grinch-like missives from the past or punditry on the...
No, Eugenics Doesn't Discredit Progressive Liberalism
The right is eager to remind anyone who will listen that early 20th-century liberals supported eugenics. This argument is a frustrating attempt to bypass...
Something To Be Thankful For
Democracy against inequality; agency against structure
The Big Steel Ball of Socialism
In a direct follow-up to last month’s posts on economic “metagames” and capitalist coercion, I want to think a bit more about alternative ways to run an...
The "Confidence Fairy" and the "Prince of Darkness"
Spooky Halloween economic history
Escaping the Metagame
Evil Monopoly hotel strategies and what they meant for you
"The Value of a Human Life is About $10 Million"
Immigrant workers and the coercive foundations of our economy
Toughness Is Not Strength
Nakae Chōmin and Horatio Nelson vs. the Secretary of Defense
America’s First Free Speech Crisis
Wriggling toward democracy
Why Are Stocks Up? What Does It Mean?
Mr. Powell I don't feel so good
Mad about Trump? Blame Half of John Locke
Like pineapple on pizza, liberalism's worst ideas are getting in the way of itself
Teaching History in 2025
I don't (just) teach "skills"
Please Stop Putting Very Old Things in "Today's Dollars"
Instead, do this
The Heritage Foundation Must Be Destroyed
“Ladies and gentlemen, thank you. When we come to The Heritage Foundation,” Angolan warlord Jonas Savimbi greeted his audience in Washington on October 5,...
What LLMs mean for "Agency"
Secret agent(ic) man
It's Our America Too
The radical legacy of the revolution
The Right's View from Nowhere
False humility launders nihilism