Showing posts with label Big government. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Big government. Show all posts
Saturday, January 17, 2026

What was wrong with the Washington Consensus?

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  Just as I was reading the final chapters of William Easterly’s book, Violent Saviours : The West, the Rest, and Capitalism Without Consent...
Sunday, December 7, 2025

What impact does political entrepreneuriship have on freedom and flourishing? Further Reading

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  Some suggestions for further reading have occurred to me since I published this series of essays on political entrepreneurship. I welcome ...
Thursday, November 20, 2025

Part VIII: Summary and Conclusions

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This is the final essay of a series exploring the topic: What impact does political entrepreneurship have on freedom and flourishing? The ...

Part IV: What incentives are political entrepreneurs faced with?

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This essay is one of a series exploring the topic: What impact does political entrepreneurship have on freedom and flourishing? The series...
Wednesday, September 24, 2025

What does Don Lavoie tell us about the implications of the knowledge problem for the plans of political entrepreneurs?

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One of the questions that I have been contemplating in recent months is whether the tariff policies of President Trump could be part of a co...
Monday, June 16, 2025

What role has political entrepreneurship played in changes in human freedom this century?

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  For the purposes of this exercise, I have used the Human Freedom Index , published by Cato and the Fraser Institute,   to identify which ...
Saturday, June 7, 2025

Where did Carl Schmitt go wrong in his critique of democracy?

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  I first became aware of Carl Schmitt about 30 years ago while reading Friedrich Hayek’s book, Law, Legislation and Liberty. At that stage...