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Journal of Free Speech Law: "Is John Stuart Mill's On Liberty Obsolete?," by Vince Blasi

A new article from the Daedalus (Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences) Future of Free Speech Symposium.

Reason · Oct 10, 2024

A ‘superficial’ and ‘misguided’ version of freedom has captured the American right. Joseph Stiglitz considers the alternatives

“Freedom is a core human value,” writes Joseph Stiglitz in his new book The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society. “But many of freedom’s advocates seldom ask what the idea really means. Freedom for whom? What happens when one person’s freedom comes at the expense of another’s?”

The Conversation · Sep 15, 2024

Systems science for a better future

When economists and scientists with their incomplete understanding of the world become the guides of leaders and steer social and economic policies, the losers are common people and the environment

The Hindu · Apr 3, 2024

Here's how to get promoted in a recession

Curb the competitive streak and be open to unexpected options is among the advice from the experts.

Fortune · Mar 7, 2023

Overruling Roe Would Extinguish A Judicially Created Right, But Would Restore The People's "Precious Right To Govern Themselves"

There is not a single definition of liberty.

Reason · May 8, 2022

Was Censorship the Greatest COVID Threat to Freedom?

It wasn't just autocrats who were frequently tempted to address "fake news" about the pandemic through state pressure and coercion.

Reason · May 5, 2022

Negative liberty

Isaiah Berlin gives a neat distinction between two types of liberties 

The Hindu · Feb 16, 2022