Intellectual History page updated — Kolakowski, C.S. Lewis, Western Civ powerpoints, and more
Updated my Intellectual History page to reflect recent posting.
Most popular posts for 2013
My top 13 posts for 2013, according to my site’s statistics generator: 1. European country data on the minimum wage. 2. Defining Modernism and Postmodernism chart. 3. Collectivizing sex — Alexandra Kollontai’s communist version. 4. Galileo and the modern compromise. 5. Lessons from the Bhopal chemical-spill disaster. 6. 13 arguments for liberal capitalism in 13
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“500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art”
To start the year off: P. S. Johnson’s pleasurable tour through 500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art, accompanied by J. S. Bach.
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From the Office of the Reproducer-General (audio version)
What if we applied the many arguments for economic controls to sex? An important announcement: From the Office of the Reproducer-General [mp3] or [YouTube]. The original post: “From the Office of the Reproducer-General” [or as pdf].
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Philosophers’ Christmas carols, reprised
‘Tis the season for Christmas carols, revised for philosophical accuracy, with explanatory links, just for fun. Sigmund Freud: I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus Underneath the mistletoe last night. But with therapy I think that I Should recover and become all right. . William James: Angels we have heard while high. . . . Jean-Jacques
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“Third Way” Politics and Its Fruits — reprint version
Here’s a print version [pdf] of my post on “’Third Way’ politics and its fruits” from earlier this year. Thanks to Chris Vaughan for his graphics work. The opening: “In 1998, President Bill Clinton announced: ‘We have moved past the sterile debate between those who say Government is the problem and those who say Government
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Kaizen 28: The Surse Pierpoint interview
Entrepreneurial Logistics in Panama The latest issue of Kaizen [pdf] features my interview with Surse Pierpoint. We met in Panama City to discuss Mr. Pierpoint’s experience working in the Free Trade Zone, the Panama Canal’s history and major expansion project, and worldwide trends in transportation and logistics. My favorite image from this issue is below,
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Clemens on migration, poverty, and domestic wages
I enjoyed this EconTalk podcast with Michael Clemens of the Center for Global Development. Host Russ Roberts talked with Clemens about two of Clemens’s publications on foreign aid and migration.[1] A few interesting extracts with policy implications. Roberts and Clemens start with the big question of how to solve the problem of poverty. One approach
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