Defending Democracy — or Defending Power?
When liberals warn that democracy is under threat, they rarely mean that a tolerant style of governance is at risk, or that the freedoms of ordinary citizens are in danger.…
Measuring National Wealth
Economic indicators that would truly measure economic growth or development would include (or somehow express) the following: How much has actually been produced or grown in the country, measured in…
Economics in the Service of Poverty
A large part of China’s economic miracle is linked to the fact that financial resources are not allocated where they bring the greatest profit, but rather where they lead to…
Milgram’s Liberal Daughters
If we explain women’s approach to politics mainly through their greater tendency toward conformity, how do we account for Milgram’s famous experiment and other psychological studies in which participants were…
Women and politics
It’s perfectly normal for young people to vote a little differently from older generations. It’s also normal for men and women to have somewhat different political views. But never before…
On the Decline of Technological Optimism
A thoughtful reader, whom I have mentioned here before, also sent in a note on technological optimism. He suggested that optimism has been replaced by dark dystopian visions because managements…