Author: CreativeDeduction
Why a tolerant society is not a free society
Individual freedom is the libertarian ideal, the abstract value which guides moral action. As a political idea, libertarianism emerged in the latter part of [...]
Tolerance, traditionalism and Trump
Donald Trump is the 47th President of the Unites States of America. In a vote that was less about left vs right than about establishment vs anti-elitism, [...]
Solving immigration is a question of economics
Across Europe and the USA, immigration is the hottest of political topics. How many immigrants is too many? Who should be allowed in and who should be turned [...]
Is the left too emotional? No, they are too rational!
A commonly heard criticism of leftists is that they are prone to be driven by emotion rather than reasoned arguments. The easy solution of taking from the [...]
What is fascism?
The word “fascism” is often used – and mis-used – to describe politicians and policies which are perceived to be somehow aligned with totalitarian [...]
Did central banks create inflation?
Inflation, said the Nobel price winning economist Milton Friedman, is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon. Put simply, what he meant is that the price [...]
The collapse of SVB and the problem with contemporary capitalism
When the Silicon Valley Bank collapsed on March 10 2023, it was not a household name. The bank, largely focussed on venture capital firms and tech startups, [...]
Mao and the Cultural Revolution
Few people in history have been as influential as Karl Marx. His ideas would shape a century, but the man himself would not live to see it, because it was [...]
Is there a “social contract”?
We often hear the argument that a “social contract” obliges us to behave in a particular way, because we are bound in a mutually dependent relationship [...]
Trapped in a disaster of our own making
The Western world is trapped. A perfectly foreseeable disaster is unfolding as years of irresponsible and unsustainable policies catch up with our [...]