On governments
In his early writings, Samuel Huntington distinguished between “form of government” (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy, etc.) and “degree of government.” The degree of government is, in his view, more important. Degree…
On human rights
I consider my contribution to the anthology Human Rights from the Right and the Left, which has just been published in Czech, to be the most important thing I have…
The end of economics
The discussion following the short warning strike in the Czech Republic is much more interesting than the strike itself. Especially the discussion by mainstream economists. We have already learned from…
Latin America without samba again
It is becoming clearer and clearer that the Czech Republic is not moving towards a model reminiscent of the West Germany of the 1980s (for which we still use the…
Armed country, peaceful country
At yesterday’s lecture in Brno, I discussed – among other things – why there is so little political violence in the Czech Republic. This is a huge difference from most…
About the divided nation
The Czech Republic is experiencing the biggest wave of strikes since the end of communism. People are protesting against a government policy that includes, on the one hand, gigantic payments…