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What’s in a Name? Capitalism, Crony Capitalism, and Corporatism: Why Terminology Matters
A number of classical liberals to whom I sent my paper on capitalism and civil society replied there is much…
Capitalism or Crony Capitalism? Why terminology matters.
[This post has been replaced by one somewhat newer that addresses these issues more completely. It does not reject…
Hayekian Insights on Capitalism and Civil Society
Americans’ understanding of the complex issues confronting us today is handicapped by confusions over four terms essential to their comprehension. The two most seriously confused are the “market” and “capitalism”. “Democracy” and the “state” follow close behind. Confusion over them makes coherent analysis of many important issues impossible.
Understanding a fifth term, “civil society” enables us to get a much clearer grasp of how all five fit together.
What is civil society? more »
The Magick of Pagan Music
I posted some thought about music’s role in our religion on Witches and Pagans. It was inspired by three wonderful…
Charles Koch, intellectual freedom and the death of libertarian scholarship
It looks like the Koch ideological machine is very serious about using Koch money to control the intellectual life of…
Progressives again blowing the lessons of the election
As Republicans take over the Senate as well as the House, progressive American leaders are trying to find a silver…
Musings on the Solstice in Dark Times
These are dark times for anyone with any affection for the liberal values that underlie the best of this country…
Paradoxes of Freedom: Civil Society and the Market Order
Published in Cosmos and Taxis, Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2014. Abstract Civil society maximizes individual freedom. Spontaneous orders emerge from…
Bernd Heinrich’s “Life Everlasting”: a review essay
This has been cross-posted at Witches and Pagans. Scientists motivated by a deep love and fascination for the natural world…
When is a book review not a book review? A more than frustrating review of “Faultlines”
There are reviews that grapple with what a book argues, and those that do not. I was disappointed that Patheos’…