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people are not as selfish as economists thought them to be,
Richard H. Thaler • Nudge: The Final Edition
“The historic American practice of relying on voluntary organizations was transformed from pragmatic necessity into a high moral principle, and ultimately political ideology.”58 This ideology would later fuel a uniquely American perception of the nonprofit sector as an alternative, rather than a supplement, to state activities.
Elizabeth Bradley • The American Health Care Paradox: Why Spending More is Getting Us Less
Right now, a cottage industry of left-wing think tanks, journalists, and policymakers have formed around State Capacity.
They believe Democrats can win if they successfully deliver on the government programs they promised. https://t.co/8BlQw9pqoe
In another timeline, Yarvin might have remained an obscure and ineffectual internet crank, a digital de Maistre. Instead, he has become one of America’s most influential illiberal thinkers, an engineer of the intellectual source code for the second Trump Administration. “Yarvin has pushed the Overton window,” Nikhil Pal Singh, a history professor... See more
Ava Kofman • Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America
Neoliberalism
Stef May • 1 card
Similarly, Americans laud individual freedom but struggle to uphold this value in the treatment of those who depend on government.