Bob Higgs has this excellent essay over at The Independent Institute that questions a variety of propositions about the growth of government. Here I only list the propositions. The essay […]
Single Hierarchy VS Multiple Overlapping Hierarchies of Status
Multiple overlapping hierarchies of status as a civilizing force – this is an idea worth digging deeper into. Jaron Lanier and Steven Pinker make this interesting point! What other examples […]
Who Gains From Subsidies?
Gary Galles has a piece in AIER. Recommended. An important principle often used in legal cases is Cui Bono (“Who gains?”). It is frequently the key to motive, in the troika of […]
‘Why Do They Continue To Support Socialism’
Javier Milei: The point is why do they continue to support socialism? Why do they continue defending it, if everything it touches gets ruined? And causes misery, hunger, wars, disaster. […]
Thoughts on Incentives
Importance of ’Incentives’ in our modern world cannot be overstated. Much of the progress we see today can be attributed to the right set of incentives being rewarded, and where […]
H. L. Mencken On Why Democracy Is Doomed
One of my favourite Twitter/X handle on books is The Old Books Guy. In this Tweet, he talks about the 10 reasons why H. L. Mencken thinks that the democracy […]
Adultism As True Liberalism
This short piece by Deirdre McCloskey is quite interesting. Great question to think about – What happens when values conflict in politics or in personal relationships – how do you […]
Demand And Supply Of Political Misinformation – Which Is The Bigger Danger
Ilya Somin has a good piece in Reason where he makes the case that demand for political misinformation is the bigger problem compared to the supply. Select excerpts: …The popularity […]
Indian Digital Public Goods As A Challenge to Blockchains
Alex Tabarrok over at the Marginal Revolution blog has a thought-provoking take on “the core idea of substituting a protocol for a firm”. …the core idea of substituting a protocol […]