Freedom and Flourishing

Salvatore Babones puts the view that Indian democracy is an extraordinary success story in his book, Dharma Democracy: How India Built the T...

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

People who visit this blog sometimes ask for more signposts to help them find my answers to the most important questions about freed...

It would be great if the major political parties in all countries of the world were to pursue Wealth Plus as a national objective. Howev...

The villain in Tyler Cowen’s latest book, The Complacent Class : The self-defeating quest for the American Dream, is “us”. Tyler is writing...

I usually try to begin the discussion of topics on my blog by explaining why the question and my answer might be of interest to potential r...

I am asking myself that question because I am trying to come to grips with the findings of the new Gallup-Healthways Global Well-Being Inde...

In my last post I discussed how Christian Welzel’s book,  Freedom Rising has reinforced me in the view that the story of human flourishi...

That was the title of an essay published in The Economist a few weeks ago. For the most part I think the essay is quite good. That j...