Bas van der Vossen's 2024 book on political philosophy is an excellent, if incomplete, primer for the interested everyman.
"At the dawn of the fourth industrial revolution, the advocates of human liberty will need to contend with meritocratic technocracy if liberty is to be preserved. Singapore is at the…
"Only the stupidest of blunders could bring the Americans fully on to team Ukraine, and Ukrainians suffering from the aftermath of Euromaidan understand the fruits of political positioning without the…
"It is strange how President Biden and other world leaders' desires to save the planet from global warming can be the impetus for local environmental crises that are more immediate…
"Our lack of humility about what we can know and the worth of our value judgments in transforming reality is a problem in public life. Just about everyone would be…
"Will the search for technological supremacy lead us to embrace China's vision of governance by a technologically sophisticated bureaucracy, and what does that mean for individual rights and dignity?" ~…
"The United States must find robust relationships built upon mutual benefits that are in accordance with our values and the values of our current and potential partners. We must mind…
"Unruly ambitions degrade the institutions and norms that would contribute to successful negotiations with multinational firms and investors essential for the development of the economy." ~ Todd Myers
"Perhaps Coyne and Hall's book is a step in the social learning necessary to take a step back from policies that have made us poorer and less secure by educating…
"Voluntary exchange is the path to wealth. War and predation are the paths to poverty and perdition. The peoples of Ethiopia must choose, for no one else can generate the…