Daniel Boyle’s “Technology Against Constitution” can be best described as one of the more insightful articles on the philosophical underpinnings of The American Post-Liberal. Its basic premise, drawing from the experiences of Ancient Greece, is based on the familiar notion… Read More ›
Cold War
My Playthrough of Victoria 2’s Cold War Mod (Pt. I of II)
Over the past weekend, I had been spending almost the entirety of my time playing the Cold War Enhancement (CWE) mod for Victoria 2. The mod takes the gameplay mechanics of the vanilla game, which focuses on the industrialization of… Read More ›
A Reading of “The Corporation as a Command Economy (1997)”
There was a 1997 article, which later got republished online ten years ago, that I came across last week. The article in question was written by some Keynesian economic historian, Brad DeLong, who sought to address a question that has… Read More ›
US Economy at a Crossroad: Challenges and opportunities posed by the wars | Financial Express
President Joe Biden has asked the US Congress for an additional $100 billion package that includes aid to Israel and Ukraine, as well as funding for border security, disaster relief, and the Indo-Pacific region. The request comes amid escalating wars… Read More ›
Economic History Case Studies: The World War II Origins of Narco-Capitalism (1930s-Present)
“Narco-Capitalism” refers to a specific type of Capitalism where the bulk of economic activities revolve around the international drug trade. Practically every kind of narcotic, from uppers to downers, can function as its own currency so long as there are… Read More ›
Economic History Case Studies: “Tax Plan 999” (2011-2012)
At the time of this writing, late 2023 marks the beginnings of another presidential election cycle in these United States. The 2024 US Presidential Election is happening next year, and I thought it would be fitting for me to return… Read More ›
Retrotechtacular: How Communism Made Televisions
For those of us who lived through the Cold War, there’s still an air of mystery as to what it was like on the Communist side. As Uncle Sam’s F-111s cruised slowly in to land above our heads in our… Read More ›
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