Economics
Tariffs are neither fair nor simple
Tariffs appear simple because they are baked into prices, but behind the scenes is a complicated, regressive system ripe for corruption
Matthew Downhour
feminism
The advice we give men is all wrong
We should not lose sight of the realities Wollstonecraft so forcefully asserted centuries ago: men and women, whatever their differences, have the same fundamental purpose in life - “the attainment of those talents and virtues, the exercise of which ennobles the human character”.
Why am I here, defending liberalism?
The origin of this blog is, if we’re being perfectly honest, to put to ‘paper’ my stream of thoughts and analysis (the quality of which is up to you, dear reader, to judge) about the past, present, and future, from an unapologetically liberal lens, especially as we approach another
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