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Does the New York Times read NOL?
Parag Khanna definitely reads Notes On Liberty. From his latest op-ed in the New York Times: Devolution is even happening in China. Cities have been given a long leash to develop innovative economic...
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Why is India so poor? A macro approach
India’s total area, in square kilometers, is 1,222,559 3,166,414. The total area of France, Germany, the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, Norway, Finland,...
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Has Nobel Laureate Gary Becker been reading NOL?
I would think so, especially after reading this: The movement toward free trade agreements and globalization during the past 60 years has enormously reduced the economic advantages of having a larger...
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Imperialisms, Old and New: Sykes-Picot and the United Nations
Foreign policy expert (and Reason contributor) Michael Young had an op-ed out last week on nationalism and imperialism in the Middle East. Writing in The National, Young argues that Western imperialism...
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What’s up with decentralization (“Administrative Unit Proliferation”) in...
I just came across a fascinating new article on decentralization by two political scientists. Here is the abstract: Numerous developing countries have substantially increased their number of...
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The European Union Needs More States, Not More Territory
The recent uproar over the upcoming vote on the potential secession of Scotland from Great Britain illustrates well the European Union’s foreign policy weaknesses. The EU’s potential to increase the...
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A California Crack-Up?
We can only hope. There has been a small flurry of news articles covering the success of a political initiative by a Silicon Valley entrepreneur to split California into six states rather than one. If...
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California Times Six
I live in California. It’s a great state. Too great. A proposition to split California into six states may be on the ballot in 2016. “Six Californias” has announced that it has collected sufficient...
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Scotland, Nation, and Liberty
As I start writing voting is coming to an end in Scotland with regard to a referendum on whether Scotland should remain part of the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom comprises England, Scotland,...
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Libertarians and World Government, Part 3
I have briefly blogged about the problem libertarians face when confronted with world government and the inherent internationalism of their creed before (here and here), but none of those musings were...
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From the Comments: Russia Resurgent and a Libertarian Strategy
I am working on a speculative piece about the recent assassination of liberal (i.e. libertarian, a.k.a. internationalist) politician Boris Nemtsov in front of the Kremlin. In the mean time, here is an...
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Has Senator Rand Paul been reading NOL?
Oooo lawdy! “Part of the problem is the Kurds aren’t getting enough arms,” Paul said. “The Kurds are the best fighters. The arms are going through Baghdad to get to the Kurds and they’re being siphoned...
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What is a nation?
This is a reply to Brandon’s latest post. I offer similar thoughts to the below post in my post about ethnicity. I agree with Brandon that in discussing things we should not limit ourselves to thinking...
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More regions contemplating independence?
The historically great city-state of Venice is contemplating independence from Italy. “Over two million residents,” nearly half of the total population, “of the Veneto region took part in the week-long...
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Eurocraine and Russocraine
Elections are supposed to achieve social peace by providing a government that represents the people. But voting has not brought peace to Ukraine. Many people distrust the honesty of the elections, and...
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The Tyranny of Majoritarianism
Where did the concept of “majority rule” come from? Why should any majority rule over any minority? Of course the idea of protecting minority rights also exists. It is accepted in the civilized world...
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Myths of Sovereignty and British Isolation XVI, Britain’s Significant Others:...
Continuing from here. The French, or at least the dominant part of its elites, together with a more ambiguous but largely assenting public opinion, sees the chance to maintain a large European role and...
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Is government decentralization the right answer to differences across regions?
That’s the main question being asked by Federico Boffa, Amedeo Piolatto, and Giacomo A. M. Ponzetto, all economists. I cruised through the whole paper (pdf) and have some superficial thoughts. One...
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Asking the Wrong Question
How do the United States and others achieve victory against Islamic State without empowering sectarian actors who will seek to poison the reconciliation that Iraq needs to hang together? That’s the...
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The United States needs Chinese medical equipment Scott Sumner, EconLogHow India is dealing with Turkey’s Kashmir stance Niranjan Marjani, DiplomatCooking up a new constitution in Russia Lisa Gaufman,...
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