No Borders?
September 19, 2025
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I was looking for some more recent novels to add to my list, and decided to ask Chat GPT for some recommendations based on my
Category: Political Theory
Excerpts from James Mill’s Elements of Political Economy- Marx (1844)
June 11, 2023
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I probably dived more into this section than any other because it covers some of the foundational arguments for Marxism. Unlike some of the other
Marx and Abstraction
June 10, 2023
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Marx makes a lot of how others ‘abstract’ concepts. This is something I’ve been struggling with in Marx, so I found this article, which does
On the Jewish Question- Marx (1843)
June 9, 2023
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I’m indenting my own comments, rather than using the indent for quotes, because I wanted to set them apart. SummaryThere was, at the time, a
Letters from Franco-German Yearbooks- Marx (1843)
June 9, 2023
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SummaryMarx criticizes the actual world, which he sees as perverted. In particular, he criticizes political society, that is the Prussian state, as a despotism whose
Early Writings of Karl Marx- Introduction by Lucio Colletti
June 8, 2023
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I’m in the middle of reading through the Early Writings collection right now. But I started out with this 50-page introduction to the book. Lucio
Capitalism and Freedom: Milton Friedman, part 2
May 6, 2023
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In the introduction to the book, Friedman says the first two chapters are dedicated to the philosophy. Subsequent chapters are dedicated to how the philosophy
Capitalism and Freedom- Milton Friedman
May 3, 2023
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Chapter 1- Relation Between Economic Freedom and Political Freedom There is an intimate connection between economic and political freedom. Freedom in how one arranges his
The Road to Serfdom: chs 15-16
March 20, 2023
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15 The Prospects of International Order One of the lessons we should have learned is that economic planning is bound to be harmful, not only
The Road to Serfdom: ch 14
March 19, 2023
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14 Material Conditions and Ideal Ends Hayek mentions that his generation likes to flatter itself that it give less weight to economic matters than previous