Plus John Locke, Physician; Epicureanism; Steven Pinker; and the Next American Economy.

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** Econlib Newsletter
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December 2023
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Dear friends,

As the days get shorter and the weather colder (for many of us) and the time for resolutions is nigh, it’s a good time to remind you all of the tremendous community we’re building with our No Due Date subscription book club, curated by the one and only Peter Boettke. We hope you’ll consider joining us, or perhaps giving the gift of membership to someone would enjoy it. We have a specially discounted rate for annual subscriptions ([link removed]) running through January 12.

Your subscription brings you a new book and an invitation to exclusive subscriber opportunities. Each month, Pete also hosts a virtual salon available only to subscribers. Throughout the month, you’ll be able to engage in conversation online with Pete and fellow subscribers as well.

What might you expect? Here are some of the books we read together in 2023:
* Wild Problems, by Russ Roberts.
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* Competition and Entrepreneurship, by Israel Kirzner
* Do Markets Corrupt Our Morals? by Virgil Storr and Ginny Choi
* The Great Society, by Amity Shlaes.
+ Shlaes joined us ([link removed]) for our April virtual salon:
* Liberalism, by Ludwig von Mises
* How Innovation Works, by Matt Ridley.
+ Ridley joined us ([link removed]) for our July virtual salon.
* Darkness at Noon, by Arthur Koestler. (For this title, we put the selection up to a vote by subscribers! Look for more such opportunities in 2024…)

We hope you enjoy the selections above and all the new content we bring you below. We wish you a terrific month, and we’ll be back next month with more. We are thankful for you.

Until then, stay well and stay curious.


** NEW Econlib Articles
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December 2023


** John Locke: Physician, Philosopher, and Defender of Freedom
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By Richard Gunderman

In the breadth and depth of his impact on those who came after him, Locke is one of the most influential physicians who ever lived, though his contributions are not contained in medical textbooks. A deep thinker of the Enlightenment, Locke also stands today as one of the founders of economic and political liberalism, a leading light of the philosophical school of empiricism, one of the greatest contributors to the field of epistemology, and probably the single thinker who exerted more influence over the American founders than any other.

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** Blank Slatism vs. Old Spicism
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By Arnold Kling

In this month’s review, Arnold Kling returns to another classic. Unfortunately, Kling sees Pinker’s brand of evolutionary psychology- what Kling terms “Old Spicism”- still out of favor both in the academy and the public eye.
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** The Good Life Is the One Where Anxiety Falls by the Wayside
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By James Broughel

What does it mean to live life as an Epicurean? In this review, James Broughel cautions us not to think of Epicureanism as narrowly materialistic.
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** A Pro-Market and
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** Pro-Social Economy
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By Brent Orrell and David Veldran

Orrell and Veldran call attention to a persuasive critique of National Conservative trade policy, which does not dismiss its criticisms.

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** Yossi Klein Halevi on the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
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In 2018, author Yossi Klein Halevi ([link removed]) wanted Palestinians to understand his story of how Israel came into existence. At the same time, he wanted Palestinians to tell him their personal and national stories, too, about the same land. The result was Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor, a candid, heartfelt book that engaged Jews and Arabs around the world in conversation. Listen as Klein Halevi talks about his book and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict with EconTalk's Russ Roberts ([link removed]) . Halevi explains why he believes that dialogue is possible, even when there are things about which the two sides will never agree. Finally, he speaks about where he sees Israel headed in the wake of Hamas's brutal October 7th attack.

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