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For more than a generation, I have been criticising the Generation Game, that is, the insistence on dividing society into groups based on birth year and imputing different characteristics to each group. Today, I’m following the classic advice for those involved in an endless war: declare victory and get out. The basis for my claim is that I’ve managed to publish my latest critique in the New York Times, under the headline ‘Millennial’ Means Nothing (paywalled*). I expect this will reach...

(Reposted from Crooked Timber, hence written for a mainly US audience, but referring to the Australian debate.) I’m seeing a lot of comments from the political right and centre-right worrying about the possibility that workers may be fired for expressing conservative views. For example, here’s David Brooks (paywalled, I think) linking to Andrew Sullivan. It strikes me that this would be a really good time for people like Brooks and Sullivan to campaign for an end to employment at will,...

Home > Politics (general) > What’s left of libertarianism? What’s left of libertarianism? August 14th, 2017 John Quiggin Leave a comment Go to comments Liberaltarianism ….. This post (crossposted from Crooked Timber) is mainly an excuse for the pun in the title. But I do want to defend both parts of the pun. First, liberaltarianism, as represented by the Niskanen Center (notable staff and associates include Radley Balko,...