Bada Bain!

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The strange case of Leo Strauss

Should we care about the work of Leo Strauss, even if there is no there there? Kenneth B. McIntyre explains why we should: When writing about the work of an academic historian or philosopher—as opposed to a polemicist, a politician, or a popularizer—there is an obvious threshold question with which to begin: is the writer’s [...]

A stopped clock. . .

A stopped clock is right twice a day, and even Robert Samuelson has to get something right once in a while. American capitalism is on trial. When Americans vote in November, they will unavoidably choose between these competing visions of capitalism. One would try to improve capitalism by controlling it more. The other would aim [...]

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Do you believe in markets?

Do you believe in markets? John Kay does, as he demonstrated during his presentation at the Volcano symposium last weekend. We were together on a panel, “Crisis in and of Economics,” along with David Vines. Kay started with the usual neoclassical assertion—planning has failed and markets are successful (ignoring, of course, all the historical examples [...]

Working People’s party

The new Working People’s Party has been formed in Lancaster, PA. This is from its mission statement: We are the party of working people. Our mission is to give working people an independent voice in the political process, to build a new political movement of, by, and for working people. Our corporate leaders have now [...]

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