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March 30, 2024classical liberalism

Werner Sombart and the ‘Spirit’ of Modern Capitalism

Just published in Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism capitalismclassical liberalismwerner sombart

January 26, 2021david hume

A Philosopher’s Economist: Hume and the Rise Capitalism

I mentioned this a while back. Adam SmithcapitalismCarl WennerlindDavid HumeEconomicsMargaret Schabaspolitical economyScottish Enlightenmentscottish philosophy

January 3, 2020burke

Burke’s Enlightenment: Commerce, Virtue, and Civilization

Due May 2020. capitalismEconomicsEdmund BurkeGregory M. Collinspolitical economyPolitical philosophyScottish Enlightenment

December 3, 2019classical liberalism

Property Rights: The Argument for Privatization

Walter’s latest. capitalismclassical liberalismFriedrich HayekLibertarianismpolitical economyprivatizationproperty rightswalter block

October 2, 2019regressive left

The Jews and Capitalism

The always provocative Walter Block’s rumination from a few years back in Psychology Today on a species of what I term the “dhimmi” Jew. This is also related to what Gad Saad has termed as Ostrich Parasitic Syndrome. Bosch FawstincapitalismFriedrich HayekJewsOstrich Parasitic Syndromeregressive leftRobert Nozickwalter block

September 8, 2019david hume

A Philosopher’s Economist: Hume and the Rise of Capitalism

This forthcoming title promises to be a fascinating read. Hopefully it delivers. Adam Smithcapitalismclassical liberalismDavid HumeEconomicspolitical economy

July 2, 2019friedrich hayek

Hayek’s Tragic Capitalism

Best known for his anti-socialist polemic The Road to Serfdom (1944), the economist and political philosopher Friedrich A. Hayek is often thought by foe and friend alike to have offered a plain and striking argument for capitalism: the least deviation from laissez-faire is the first falling domino that will inevitably lead to totalitarianism. The foes and…