Here’s a most interesting article that reemphasizes the functional beauty of the Anglophone tradition of common law and language. As Givati points out, English, be it “BBC standard” or Jamaican (and everything in between), is essentially of a distributed character. This is one of the reasons why English is so adaptable (science and business), so culturally rich,…
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Stephen Hicks reviews Nick and Gordon’s latest: an incentive for me to begin reading it given that all three are some of the best conference discussants I’ve come across. The Lockeans ask, “How can we raise everyone up?” while the Rousseaueans ask, “If we can’t raise all of the poor up, how can we lower…
What with the regressive mind set of the so-called alt-left and the alt-right (the Siamese twins of authoritarianism and thuggery), discussion of the rule of law, free speech and liberality is more salient than ever. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: find out about our new series on #ClassicalLiberalism https://t.co/g8H5UWT33R @M_W_Q pic.twitter.com/FSRkq5afVQ — Palgrave Economics (@PalgraveEcon) September 7,…
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I had the honour to meet the very excellent Paul Cantor recently. Check out his freely available book here. Austrian EconomicsEconomicsLibertyliterary criticismpaul cantorphilosophical literatureSpontaneous order
