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
Paradoxes of Freedom: Civil Society and the Market Order
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
Bernd Heinrich’s “Life Everlasting”: a review essay
This has been cross-posted at Witches and Pagans.
Scientists motivated by a deep love and fascination for the natural world share much of a Pagan sensibility about the world’s intrinsic value without our metaphysics, but with skills of observation … Read more
When is a book review not a book review? A more than frustrating review of “Faultlines”
There are reviews that grapple with what a book argues, and those that do not. I was disappointed that Patheos’ review of my book was the latter. Nikki Whiting admits after reading it she did not know for sure what … Read more
New paper posted on emergent order and spontaneous order
New Directions in Emergent Order Research
In 2008 I wrote the inaugural piece for the journal Studies in Emergent Order. Sadly it was taken over by hard core libertarian ideologues and my final piece for it was rejected, though … Read more
New Directions in Emergent Order Research
“New Directions in Emergent Order Research”
Studies in Emergent Order, Vol. 1 (2008).
New Directions in Emergent Order Research
Gus diZerega
Hayek’s writings emphasizing discovery processes, complexity, and pattern prediction provide a solid corner stone to … Read more