Keeping with the idea of having each week be dedicated to a particular theme in mind, I am currently thinking about whether I should devote this week to a specific theme in mind or two. Both will no doubt be… Read More ›
Economics
Conservative Socialism: On Julius Krein (Pt. II of II)
In another American Conservative publication, American Compass, Julius devoted an article to the question of economic planning within Hamiltonianism. He maintained throughout “Planning for When the Market Cannot” that there will always be a necessity for economic planning in any… Read More ›
Conservative Socialism: On Julius Krein (Pt. I of II)
There are two articles which are worthy of mention here. Even though The Fourth Estate is strongly in favor of promoting a political discourse that is neither Left nor Right nor even Center, that does not mean the Blog should… Read More ›
Update (3 July 2022)
Due to having already set plans for the weekend since the beginning of this month, I currently have nothing ready for posting at the moment. Tomorrow may be different as I am thinking of setting aside time to write what… Read More ›
Economic History Case Studies: Asian Tigers (Pt. III of III)
Taiwan, formerly known as “Formosa,” has historically been an island contested by various colonial powers vying for control of neighboring Mainland China. Its geographical location also made it ideal for facilitating trade between China, Korea and Japan, which was exactly… Read More ›
‘Left-Hamiltonians’ and ‘Right-Hamiltonians’?
Alright, I finally figured out what should be the theme for next week’s set of posts. Aside from the fact that it has been a while since I last posted anything related to “Thus Spoke Lenin,” it has also been… Read More ›
Economic History Case Studies: Asian Tigers (Pt. II of III)
Similar to Hong Kong, Singapore’s economic history was shaped by its former status as a British colony. The city-state once dubbed by Winston Churchill as the “Gibraltar of the East” came into being as another entrepôt for the British Empire…. Read More ›
American Affairs Journal: Vanguard of Conservative Socialism?
Aside from the ARPLAN Blog, there is another intellectual publication that I also subscribe to. American Affairs, a quarterly journal, is known for articles related to manufacturing, trade, infrastructure and social issues from a distinctly non-Jeffersonian form of thought. The… Read More ›
Economic History Case Studies: Asian Tigers (Pt. I of III)
The term “Asian Tigers,” in reference to the South Korean, Taiwanese, Hong Konger and Singaporean economic governance models, is also a product of its own historical circumstances. It came to describe the levels of economic growth in Kapital Accumulation that… Read More ›
Notes on “Developmentalist States”
While searching for a number of nations that historically adopted Developmentalism, I came up with a small list of them, the vast majority of which were situated outside the Western world. From what I could gather, the ones with the… Read More ›
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