Politics


Populist anti-libertarian politics rising

“The rise of the illiberal international is only just beginning. So is the long and arduous fight against it.” http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_good_fight/2017/10/andrej_babis_the_czech_republic_has_a_trump_of_its_own.html

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An Insidious Threat to Liberty: Right-Wing Collectivism

For anyone who still believes that elements of the pro-Trump American Right were not advancing “white nationalists” — and being infiltrated by them, read this. You may feel like you…

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The Demonization of Soros

This essay in the Financial Times is spot on. Well put. I do not always agree with him and frequently robustly disagree, but the global assault on him by authoritarian…

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TrumPutin: Creating Divisions

The key is that the Kremlin’s ads were promoting both sides of very divisive issues. Like Trump, they seek to divide and crash civil societies, setting groups against groups, fanning…

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Illiberal Populism on the March

  My interview on populism vs. (classical) liberalism in the French magazine Contrepoints: https://www.contrepoints.org/2017/09/20/298869-interview-de-tom-g-palmer-face-populisme-rationalite-liberaux

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The Cold Evil of the Alt-Right

The coldly evil vision of the Alt-Right. “We will have a Europe, in 2050, where the bank notes have Adolf Hitler, Napoleon Bonaparte, Alexander the Great. And Hitler will be…

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From Athens to Canberra: Not As Far As One Might Think

The Australian Financial Review published a piece I wrote on the 28th of May, 2015, comparing Australia’s fiscal situation to that of Greece. How far is Australia from Greece?  Pretty…

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Ukraine and Greece Liberty Events and News

Over the past few days, I’ve been pleased to be able to participate in a number of events, first in Ukraine and then in Greece. In Ukraine, I was fortunate…

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“The Path to Freedom” at the Estudiantes por la Libertad Conference

My talk on “The Path to Freedom” before the Estudiantes por la Libertad (Students for Liberty) conference in Guatemala. The talk was delivered at Universidad Francisco Marroquín, a leading university that…

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ISFLC 2015: Come Network, Learn, and Coordinate for Liberty

  It’s an honor to be invited to speak to the International Students for Liberty Conference on February 13-15, 2015. This is a great conference where students from all over…

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