Gus diZerega

What is indigenaity in religion?

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Gus

I was asked to write a piece on this topic for The Interfaith Observer and think it will be of interest to anyone wondering how we NreoPagans relate to the many indigenous religious traditions in the world, traditions that do … 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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Capitalism or Crony Capitalism? Why terminology matters.

Posted on March 3, 2015March 6, 2015 by Gus

[This post has been replaced by one somewhat newer that addresses these issues more completely. It does not reject any of what is written here but improves the analysis. I am keeping it here primarily for historical reasons and … Read more

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Hayekian Insights on Capitalism and Civil Society

Posted on February 28, 2015April 20, 2015 by Gus

This is the first of a series of essays on capitalism. This, the first, is a very theoretical discussion, one relatively light on examples. However those that follow will have examples aplenty. But the theoretical framework is needed to make … Read more

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The Magick of Pagan Music

Posted on February 25, 2015February 25, 2015 by Gus

I posted some thought about music’s role in our religion on Witches and Pagans. It was inspired by three wonderful composer/musicians I head at Pantheacon this year: Holly Tannen, Ruth Barrett, and Celia Farran. There are some nice links to … Read more

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Charles Koch, intellectual freedom and the death of libertarian scholarship

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Gus

It looks like the Koch ideological machine is very serious about using Koch money to control the intellectual life of college campuses wherever possible. “Lakey,” a graduate student at Florida State University just wrote an expose for the Tallahassee Democrat… Read more

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Progressives again blowing the lessons of the election

Posted on January 7, 2015January 8, 2015 by Gus

As Republicans take over the Senate as well as the House, progressive American leaders are trying to find a silver lining, and so far guaranteeing the clouds will remain dark. Think Progress, which has many intelligent posts, has one by … Read more

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Musings on the Solstice in Dark Times

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Gus

These are dark times for anyone with any affection for the liberal values that underlie the best of this country all the way back to our Founders. From ‘patruots’ who understand this country’s principles as well as Fundamentalists and ISIL … Read more

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Paradoxes of Freedom: Civil Society and the Market Order

Posted on November 9, 2014September 21, 2019 by Gus

Published in Cosmos and Taxis, Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2014.

Abstract

Civil society maximizes individual freedom. Spontaneous orders emerge from principles expressed more completely within civil society and enable cooperation to take more complex forms than in their absence. … Read more

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