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29 Mar

Even if misleadingly reported, @PaiviRasanen 's conviction is a shameful day in Finnish history. Free speech is a hard-won right that deserves strict legal priority. We should use that freedom to challenge reactionary and hateful views in the name of science, reason, and love.

Michael Sanfey @sanfeym

WaPo editorial today: A free-speech farce in Finland 🇫🇮

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29 Mar

This could be the superstar crossover we desperately need. Hopefully Hayek will get his fair shake as one of the most prescient and insightful liberal thinkers. He has a lot to teach both the left and the right. Looking forward.

Cass Sunstein @CassSunstein

I am about to sign a contract to do a book on (long dramatic pause) Hayek. Details to come, in the fullness of time. @PeterBoettke @FriedrichHayek @Econ_4_Everyone

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19 Mar

In Ep. 4 of Conversations, I sit down with Pablo Paniagua to discuss the twin experiments in cyber-socialism and neoliberalism in Chile, Keynes's liberalism, heterodoxy and PPE, and the enthralling writings of Pablo Neruda and Haruki Murakami.

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7 Mar

Breaking the shackles of oppression, domination, and scarcity via freedom? Yes, please!! In my latest Conversations episode, I talk to the illustrious @NovakMikayla from @mercatus about her marvellous book on Liberal Emancipation and why Hayek beats Marx!

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The Fable of the Bees: Or Private Vices, Publick Benefits, Vol 1

The Fable of the Bees: Or Private Vices, Publick Benefits, Vol 1

by Bernard Mandeville

Mandeville was an epic troll. He laughed all the way to the bank. But he was also an insightful social psychologist, sociologist and ethical theorist who anticipated Darwin, Freud and Bentham; and his contribution to economic theory, via…

An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals

An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals

by David Hume

Hume’s essay appears modest, but it cuts deep. Much like its author, the text is genteel and unassuming, but surreptitiously radical.Hume writes beautifully and argues elegantly. Sure, there is a floweriness to the style that might be…

Enchiridion

by Epictetus

Short and pithy philosophy books are always a treat. Doesn’t waste your time!

The Discourses

by Epictetus

Engaging, inspiring, earthly, funny… Epictetus can give you great insights, skills and determination to change your life for the better, even if you don’t agree with everything he says.The text might be old, but our life problems ar…

Meditations

by Marcus Aurelius

Meditations is a deserved classic of ancient Stoic wisdom. The book is a high-brow self-help tome from the pinnacle of the Roman political pyramid. It contains useful guidance for the everyday practice of the virtues of magnanimity and e…

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