Is Socialism Contrary to Human Nature?

In a recent column, philosophy professor Ben Burgis takes on the idea that socialism is “unnatural”, that is, somehow contrary to basic human nature: …one of the most persistent claims of socialism’s critics…is the idea that socialism is not just impractical or even immoral but unnatural. Economist and libertarian social critic Murray Rothbard, for example, […]

Latitudes not Attitudes or ‘Maps not Chaps’

Geography is … only a branch of statistics, a knowledge of which is necessary to the well-understanding of the history of nations, as well as their situations relative to each other. –WILLIAM PLAYFAIR I’ve been think a lot about the way geography shapes history. A lot of the big questions of history can be boiled […]