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CATEGORY: ECONOMICS (4 min)
** Free Markets Aren’t Everything: A Reflection on Parasite ([link removed])
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Is the GDP really the best indicator of a country’s prosperity?
How about the number of smartphones?
If you’re not convinced by either of those metrics, then there’s a movie you need to see . . .
Lessons from Oscar-Nominated Parasite
In this week’s Intercollegiate Review article, Anthony M. Barr explores crucial themes in Bong Joon-ho’s surprise hit film—and in Barr’s personal experience of “relative poverty.”
Turns out that a popular narrative about free-market capitalism reveals some bugs . . .
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CATEGORY: POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (8 min)
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A Republic, If We Can Keep It ([link removed])
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You’ve heard the story about Benjamin Franklin and the passerby, right?
She asks him whether Americans were getting a republic or a monarchy.
He responds, “A republic, if you can keep it.”
What That Means in a Time of Impeachment Trials and Civil Discord
In The Atlantic, AEI scholar Adam J. White examines Benjamin Franklin’s warning—and what it holds for Americans today.
Read his article to learn:
* what civility and civic virtue really mean—and why most people get them wrong
* how the Supreme Court justices model true civil disagreement in their work
Bonus: White’s article is like a tour of the Federalist Papers. If you’ve ever wanted to read them, you’ll enjoy his introduction.
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CATEGORY: POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (3 min)
** Montesquieu and the Two Historical Foundations of Tolerance ([link removed])
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Tolerance is a popular idea now.
Guess how old it is.
Did you know it goes back to eighteenth-century philosopher Montesquieu?
Perhaps tolerance has become meaningless in political parlance today, given how intolerant the tolerant sometimes are. But if you’re the kind of person who loves going back to roots, this excerpt from philosopher Chantal Delsol’s book Unjust Justice is a good place to start digging.
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