Some Spring-spiration from Econlib🌼

Econlib Newsletter
April 2022

Dear friends,

Today's new EconTalk takes a deep dive into Russian literature with Richard Gunderman. At the same time, we see no apparent end to the hostilities in Ukraine. As we continue to witness these horrors, we thought we might take this opportunity to highlight come classic Econlib content that might help us make sense of Putin, the former Soviet Union, and the war in Ukraine.

Of course we're also bringing you the newest content on Econlib, including four new Feature Articles, weekly podcasts, and our ongoing conversation at EconLog.

Until next month, stay well, and stay curious.

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NEW Econlib Articles: April 2022

Subversive Innovation: A Strategic Reading of Nozick's Framework for Utopia

By Max Borders

Focusing on Part III of Robert Nozick's opus, Max Borders argues that. "Nozick’s Framework, properly applied, offers those who share his ideological priors a sketch of how to liberate more human beings from power and poverty. Such a project is more valuable than arguing endlessly about ideal justice, as to realize ideal justice is practically impossible." Read More.

From Prometheus to Arcadia: Human Supremacy, Carrying Capacity and Ecological Footprints

By Pierre Desrochers

Are you an econ-pessimist or an eco-optimist? Pierre Desrochers contrasts Arcadians, Prometheans, and a number of new books on earth's future. Read More.

Emotions in the Driver's Seat

By Arnold Kling

Your brain has a backseat driver who sometimes helps and sometimes hinders your progress. Your passenger might be useful in the long-run, especially in terms of helping you, the driver, take longer-tern consequences into account. “To get the driver to take us where we want to go, we have to make sure that the short-term emotional rewards that we put in front of him lead him to steer the car toward our long-term goals.” Read More.

Work, Wages, and Capitalism

By Steven Davies

What is the role of work in our lives? "In the Bible, work is a central part of the state and condition of humanity after the Fall, along with other inevitabilities such as death...This is a book to be both read closely and systematically and dipped into and consumed in smaller pieces, as there is much to be gained from both the many smaller and more focused accounts it contains and the larger narratives and analysis that run through the entire work from start to finish." Read More.

EconTalk: Conversations for the Curious

Pano Kanelos on Education and UATX

What is real education? What can colleges provide their students? Pano Kanelos, president of the new college-to-be in Austin, UATX, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the nature of education, what the Great Books can teach us, and how we should rethink college education in today's world. Explore more.

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