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Communism’s hallmark, a command economy, is a failed system. Centrally planning pencil production over five years is ludicrous—even with AI. But the command economy has one use: as a reference point, or thought experiment, for other economic systems. Assuming we had a one-party state ruling the nation as conceived as one factory, one farm, and one office, how would we run things? (more…)
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Josh Neal and Basil of BasilianThought joined Greg Johnson to talk about social media savoir faire, MAGA grifters, Eric Orwoll’s duels with journalists, and more. It is now available to listen to or download here. (more…)
Image source: Wikimedia Commons
Image source: Wikimedia Commons
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In January I’d written about how I found myself “violently disinterested” in this year’s upcoming presidential election.
I’m still cynical about the idea that it matters who’s president when it seems obvious that the country is like a terminal patient waiting to die. In fact, I’m cynical about the idea that it ever mattered who’s president, when it seems obvious that bankers have always run the country. (more…)
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Michael Gibson
Paper Belt on Fire: How Renegade Investors Sparked a Revolt Against the University
Ashland, Ore.: Blackstone Publishing, 2022
It is no secret that American universities are torpid, decaying institutions mired in corruption, stagnation, and bureaucracy. Despite their bloated endowments and grandiose mission statements, they have failed at the most basic level. (more…)
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Tyler Cowen & Daniel Gross
Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World
New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2022
The identification and proper allocation of talent is essential to the success of any organization. Hiring the wrong people is costly, especially for groups with limited capital. It would thus behoove White Nationalists to become amateur talent-spotters and students of human behavior. The book in question is a solid starting point. (more…)
