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The Trance of Belief: Part I.

Posted on April 27, 2016October 15, 2018 by Gus

I have been both fascinated and appalled at how quickly mostly the political right has abandoned reason and evidence in favor of assertion and arrogance in discussing issues. Here is what I think is going on. I published it in … Read more

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My Near Death Experience in Maine: And a powerful lesson in compassion

Posted on January 15, 2016January 15, 2016 by Gus

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Foster Gamble Again

Posted on December 14, 2015December 14, 2015 by Gus

A couple of days ago I received an email from a Pagan list connecting to a “New Paradigm” conference where prominent speakers would be libertarians mixing a dose of conspiracy theory, libertarian boilerplate, and New Age rhetoric into a supposed … Read more

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Hayekian Insights on Capitalism Part III: Capitalism and Nature

Posted on October 29, 2015October 29, 2015 by Gus

Capitalism undermines the natural systems that support human well-being for the same reason it undermines civil society: the values it elevates above all others are incompatible with human or natural flourishing. Capitalism fails to achieve the minimal ethical standards to … Read more

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Capitalism 3.0: A Wonderful Book

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Gus

Peter Barnes, a founder of the progressive phone company Credo and of the Mesa Refuge, has written Capitalism 3.0, a very important book on how the threat of global warming could be solved quickly from within a market context. Sadly … Read more

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Answering critics of Pagan polytheism

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Gus

Bizarrely some Pagans are trying to claim the term “polytheist” for themselves, and deny it to anyone who looks at the matter differently. In my newest Witches & Pagans post I demonstrate they do not know what they are talking … Read more

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New post on Patheos: Caitlin Jenner, the Duggars, and Us

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Gus

Caitlin Jenner and the Duggars together help us better understand the deeper levels of the cultural and political struggle dividing the US today. I explore how this is true in my newest post on Patheos.… Read more

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Language, Power, Care and Childhood

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Gus

Changes in what words are dropped from the Oxford Junior Dictionary point to troubling shifts in the words that dominate not just adult life, but also that of children I discuss this worrisome trend in The Language of Power and … Read more

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Hayekian Insights on Capitalism Part II: Capitalism and labor

Posted on March 19, 2015April 19, 2015 by Gus

Introduction

I am drawing a critical distinction between the role played by the market in coordinating human plans and the institutional forms people adopted in pursuing those plans. Market advocates usually assume because the market is formally voluntary, institutions arising … Read more

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What’s in a Name? Capitalism, Crony Capitalism, and Corporatism: Why Terminology Matters

Posted on March 6, 2015March 7, 2015 by Gus

A number of classical liberals to whom I sent my paper on capitalism and civil society replied there is much with which they agree, but think I should use the term “crony capitalism” rather than “capitalism.” They point out my … Read more

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