Some Chicago Boyz know each other from student days at the University of Chicago. Others are Chicago boys in spirit. The blog name is also intended as a good-humored gesture of admiration for distinguished Chicago School economists and fellow travelers.
I posted this review of Jim Bennett’s new book, The Anglosphere Challenge, on Amazon. Janus-Faced Book Studies the Past to Illuminate the Future James Bennett popularized the term “Anglosphere”, which refers to those communities which speak English and share in the cultural practices and institutions inherited from England, e.g. common law, parliamentary democracy, highly developed … Read more
That is the title of Jim Bennett’s long awaited book. It is finally out. Mine is en route, and you should go order one now. Or several, Christmas being just around the corner and all… The term “Anglosphere” and the ideas associated with it have become one of the standard memes of the Right/Libertarian spiral … Read more
Michael had this post below, about what we can learn from the atrocity in Beslan, and what we might have to do in the future as this war continues. I started to type a comment, but I’ll just put it here. I have been thinking more and more that we need to start thinking about … Read more
For some time now I have had a stack of books I’ve been going to blog about. The top of the stack is Thomas Barnett’s book The Pentagon’s New Map. First, the book is good, it is worth reading, and you should do so. Barnett is engaging and smart and is seriously trying to think … Read more