Demonstrations for an Independent Judiciary
Free Egypt God Bless the Egyptian Demonstrators. They have been marching for something of great importance: an independent judiciary. It’s not a natural right. It’s missed by some simple-minded advocates…
Political Theory
Absorbing Immigrants
Roots of American Success My friend Don Boudreaux has a great column on the issue of immigration, “Absorption Nation.” He addresses one narrow claim, viz. that the United States cannot…
Institutions as the Basis of Economic and Social Development
Hammurabi Receiving the Rod and Ring of Authority from Shamash, Supreme Judge and Sun God, as Tools to Build Social Order I’ll be giving a lecture tomorrow in Beirut at…
The Centrality of the Rule of Law
Recent protests in Egypt are a sign of hope, because they are about such a central issue: the independence of the judiciary. As one Egyptian figure was quoted in the…
Globalizaci��?���³n y cultura: Homogeneidad, diversidad, identidad, libertad
Thanks to the hard work (and deep thought) of my friend Juan-Carlos Hidalgo, my essay on “Globalization and Culture: Homogeneity, Diversity, Identity, Liberty” is now available in Spanish: “GlobalizaciÃ?Â??Ã?Â?Ã?³n y…
Cato University 2006: July 26-30, St. Pete Beach, Florida
“In a word, as a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights.” James Madison, “Property,”…
Globalization and Good Governance
In preparation for the paper I’m writing for a conference in Portugal, I’ve come across some rather interesting documents. Two especially interesting ones are the “Globalization Index“* published in Foreign…
Cato Unbound Debate on Foreign Aid
Cruise on over to Cato Unbound for a spirited debate about foreign aid.
An Excellent Book!
I just finished Mancur Olson’s last book, Power and Prosperity and I’m pleased to report that it’s a real page-turner. I learned almost as much from it as I did…
Last Word on Inequality
I’m about to pass out from jet lag,* but the response I wrote today to the Cato Unbound discussion of inequality is now up: “I’m Back! Response to Schmidtz, Singer,…