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So, here's my hypothesis. The road to serfdom thesis was if not inspired by Lippmann, at least prompted, in part, by him. But Lippmann did not hold the thesis; it is articulated by Knight in his review of Lippmann and (mistakenly) ascribed to Lippmann. Knight, however, thinks there is nothing inevitable about the thesis because he thinks the future is still very much open. I cannot prove that Hayek read Knight's review of Lippmann. (Knight was later a somewhat ambivalent referee for The...

Anyone see a pattern here? Any wonder why there is a push for multilateralism to counter unipolarism (read world dominance).News in AsiaLaughable: US Claims ‘Free and Open Seas,’ Tries to Push China Out of Indian, Pacific Trade Pepe Escobar SouthFrontMike Pompeo Says Foreign Actors Must Leave Venezuela, So That US Can Rebuild It

It was always just a matter of time before the reemergence of establishment Democrats reminded people why they were booted from power in 2016. As ugly as Donald Trump is and as not constructive as his tenure in the White House has been, the Democratic establishment would rather lose with establishment candidates and retrograde policies than loosen its grip on its service to the oligarchs. Phrased differently, if Democrats cared about ‘defeating Trump,’ they would offer programs that people...