Burke’s Enlightenment: Commerce, Virtue, and Civilization
Due May 2020. capitalismEconomicsEdmund BurkeGregory M. Collinspolitical economyPolitical philosophyScottish Enlightenment
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Property Rights: The Argument for Privatization
Walter’s latest. capitalismclassical liberalismFriedrich HayekLibertarianismpolitical economyprivatizationproperty rightswalter block
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
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
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…
Jesse Norman on Weber’s ‘Politics as a Vocation’
In History Today. capitalismJesse Normanmax weberSociology
The Shirk Ethic: Entering the World of Work
Another Chappist classic. capitalismGustav templesatirethe chapVic Darkwoodwork
Isocracy: The Institutions of Equality
Just published capitalismclassical liberalismequalityIsocracyNicolò Bellancapolitical economy
How Adam Smith would fix capitalism
Jesse Norman in the FT. Look out for the forthcoming symposium on Jesse’s soon-to-be released book in C+T. The real Adam Smith is a vastly wiser and more subtle thinker. He forces us to discard the usual simplistic slogans and tired clichés. But more than this: he still has a vast amount to teach us,…
Adam Smith and the Past, Present, and Future of Liberalism
Matt Ridley in The Journal of Private Enterprise, 32(3): 1-7. Adam SmithcapitalismilliberalismLiberalismmatt ridleyregressive leftSpontaneous orderVernon Smith
