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No, capitalist liberal democracies – like the US – are not oligarchies
Matt McManus, the author behind The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism and just a generally fun and friendly guy whom I’ve had a few exchanges over…
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Individualist societies are less lonely than collectivist cultures
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Yes, strong family ties are bad for society and development
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Stop spreading uninformed populist nonsense about mainstream economics
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How not to argue for anti-capitalism
Critical reflections on Clara Mattei's Escape from Capitalism
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Individualist societies have larger social welfare states
There are so many misconceptions about individualism and collectivism: their actual social effects and what the two cultural orientations even mean.
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How I learned to love cultural evolution – and keep worrying
Somewhat against Henrich and Heath
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Does democracy really exacerbate homicide?
A recent Richard Hanania piece on violence, Latin America, and democracy reminded me of an interesting paper I read last year in The British Journal of…
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No evidence of ideological bias in immigration research
Borjas and Breznau (2026) is a goner
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Fear and loathing in the AI age
The eternal dialogue tree I'm trapped in these days
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Why "Why Civil Resistance Works" doesn't work
A political science giant has fallen
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