Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 14, 2025

What does Gerald Gaus tell us about the implications of the knowledge problem for political entrepreneurship?

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  This essay is the latest in a series that I have been writing about political entrepreneurship. It is the second that I have written on th...
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...
Thursday, August 7, 2025

Are declining economic growth rates likely to have undesirable impacts on social attitudes?

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  Research for an earlier essay on this blog led to the conclusion that declining economic growth rates in high income countries are likely...
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...
Thursday, May 29, 2025

Are integralists opposed to natural rights?

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  Who are integralists? And why should anyone be interested in their views about natural rights? I knew next to nothing about integralists...
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Sunday, May 11, 2025

How does Entangled Political Economy help us to understand political entrepreneurship?

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  After I finished reading Richard E. Wagner’s book, Politics as a Peculiar Business , the thought crossed my mind that I should encourage p...