Was slavery a ‘necessary evil’? Here’s what John Stuart Mill would say.
Mill’s lesson: The winners in unjust systems always want the oppressed to assume their fate was inevitable.
Europe’s democracies are in trouble. To understand why, look to the past.
Building stable democracies is a slow and painful process.
Why Italy’s media fixates on CasaPound, an extreme-right party with a racist agenda
This is a party that embraces Mussolini and Che Guevara — and cartoons and pop culture
Would Jean-Jacques Rousseau actually approve of Trump? Not exactly.
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Why you should read Max Gladstone’s fantasy novels if you’re interested in politics
(Tor Books) Max Gladstone's new book, "Four Roads Cross," is
Conservative professors live a closeted life. Here’s why.
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What is it that Homeland understands about international politics but that Robert Kagan simply doesn’t get?
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Why don’t voters demand more redistribution?
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Why don't voters demand more redistribution?
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How Islam mattered in the Arab uprisings
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Adam Smith is not the antidote to Thomas Piketty
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Why Are Business Gurus Overconfident Jerks?
"Andrew":http://tmc.org/2013/09/12/the-writing-style-of-aggressive-business-gurus/ asks me to expand on this below - as
Hugo Chávez and the Death of Populism
The following guest post is by Diego von Vacano, a
Governing the World: A Review
The past decade has treated us to some excellent histories
Karl Marx, Republican
Via a Tweet from Ned Resnikoff, this "letter":http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/iwma/documents/1864/lincoln-letter.htm from Karl
Cognitive Democracy
Over the last couple of years, Cosma Shalizi and I
Understanding the “zombie” confusion about class and voting
John Sides and Larry Bartels have recently spent some space
The Beginning of the End of the Putin Regime as We have Known It
When I am not writing for The Monkey Cage, I
Putin in 2012: More Expert Analaysis
Following up on "previous":http://tmc.org/blog/2011/09/25/putin-in-2012-expert-analysis/ "posts":http://tmc.org/blog/2011/09/25/putin-in-2012-guest-commentary-2/, here are three more assessments
Review, Gary Herrigel’s Manufacturing Possibilities
I'm in Madrid at the moment for the annual meeting
The “cushy life” of a University of Illinois sociology professor
Xian points me to an article by retired college professor
How Political Science Can Help Journalists (and Still Let Them Be Journalists)
This is a long post, and I realize that I've
Science, ideology, and human origins
A link from Tyler Cowen led me to this long
Karl Marx vs. Adam Smith
This Google ngram is courtesy of my colleague "Eric Grynaviski":http://www.gwu.edu/~psc/people/fac_grynaviskie.htm.
Political Science’s Neglect of Conservative Thought
Peter Berkowitz: bq. ...political science departments ... offer undergraduates a
Does Religion Distract the Poor?
Why don't governments redistribute more wealth to the less fortunate
Leonardo, Queen Elizabeth II, Stalin, Marx, and Nietzche Sitting at a Table with Lincoln, Mao, and Li Bai, Just Behind Einstein, Darwin, and Shirley Temple: Huh?
Way too small to decipher above, so test your cultural