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What Bannon Reads
Fenster writes: Here is an interesting read about what Steve Bannon reads, and what may be on his mind. One of his favorite books is The Fourth Turning. I was fascinated by the book when it came out in the … Continue reading
It Takes Two Sides to Make a Bell Curve
Fenster writes: There’s an extraordinary amount of talk going around about the alt-right. But who are those guys? Language is a tool for unclarity even in the best of circumstances and things get even dicier when the phenomenon to be … Continue reading
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The Return of the Planned Economy?
Fenster writes: Jack Ma, the Chairman of the Board of the Chinese internet giant Alibaba, suggests that big data may herald the return of the planned economy. Over the past 100 years, we have always felt that the market economy … Continue reading
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Primer on Refugee Law
Fenster writes: No, Fenster is not doing a primer on refugee law. He can only comment as a rank amateur on what looks like a good primer (thanks to the highly credible Volokh Conspiracy for the link). The primer, written … Continue reading
Squirrel!
Fenster writes: Out of the crooked timber of humanity no straight thing was ever made. –Immanuel Kant “Institution” sounds like a noun, as something permanent that goes well beyond the humans who populate one. In fact our institutions mostly verbs, … Continue reading
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Inflection Point
Fenster writes: According to The American Prospect the era of red-blue hyper-partisanship has its origins in the mid-90s. Around that time American elections became significantly “less variable”. What happened between 1992 and 1996 to make presidential campaigns more stable? For … Continue reading
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It’s Tough Being a Positivist
Fenster writes: Over at the Unz Review, Razib Khan has a realization: A few days ago I joked on Facebook that life isn’t about the score up on the board, but standing with your team. By this, I have come … Continue reading
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Notes on “The Kingdom of Speech”
Fenster speaks: The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe’s idiosyncratic reading of evolution, linguistics and language, ends with a paean to speech. SPEECH! (Note to editor: italicize that word for emphasis. Capitalize it of course. And, since this is speech, we … Continue reading
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Epistocracy Bah Humbug
Fenster writes: Jason Brennan is the “Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Associate Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.” Which makes him, I suspect, a smarter man than I. … Continue reading
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