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Today is the 250th anniversary of the publication of the Wealth of Nations!

Liberty Fund is hosting a one-essay-per-week symposium with contributions from Eric Schliesser, Maria Pia Paganelli, Dennis C. Rasmussen, Brianne Wolf, me (at week 5, for book V), and Craig Smith.

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On Smith's Machiavellian defense of Standing Armies Liberty fund just published an invited post, "Innovation and Governance in Book 1 of Wealth of Nations," (here) to mark the 250th anniversary of the publication of Wealth of Nations today!

On Smith's Machiavellian defense of Standing Armies with a shout out to @aoprea.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/digressi...

Compounding Interest: Revisiting The Wealth of Nations at 250 | Online Library of Liberty Arriving in 1776, as the Declaration of Independence gave birth to a new nation and Gibbon’s Decline and Fall gave birth to a new approach to history, Adam Smith’s An Inquiry into the Nature and Cause...

Eric @nescio13.bsky.social gets it started today:

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Compounding Interest: Revisiting The Wealth of Nations at 250 | Online Library of Liberty Arriving in 1776, as the Declaration of Independence gave birth to a new nation and Gibbon’s Decline and Fall gave birth to a new approach to history, Adam Smith’s An Inquiry into the Nature and Cause...

"Innovation and Governance in Book 1 of Wealth of Nations" an invited post to mark the 250th anniversary of the publication of Wealth of Nations today!
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On Gibbon on Polybius; with some Speculative stuff on Hume and Smith I am traveling a bit, so my blogging is, as you have noticed, a bit intermittent at the moment.

On Gibbon on Polybius; with some Speculative stuff on Hume and Adam Smith open.substack.com/pub/digressi...

Sounds like A Few Good Men

I think it's more likely that what he really means is what I quote Adam smith as stating. Unusual and potentially dangerous claims dont need to be repeated.

Florence ICE detainee dead after untreated tooth infection, official says An ICE detainee, who had been at a Florence detention center for four months, died Monday following an untreated tooth infection.

An ICE detainee in Arizona has died of a TOOTH INFECTION after it went untreated for weeks, a local official says. He was a Haitian asylum seeker imprisoned in Florence, Arizona. @emilybregel.bsky.social reports.
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An Oblique Digression on David Hume's Teachings on Esotericism Yesterday (recall), in comment on the Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion 12.23, I noted how Hume and Smith rely occasionally on Polybius for claims about the relative merits of Greek and Roman inst...

An Oblique Digression on David Hume's Teachings on Esotericism
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It's Humphreys opacity all the way down

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An Oblique Digression on David Hume's Teachings on Esotericism Yesterday (recall), in comment on the Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion 12.23, I noted how Hume and Smith rely occasionally on Polybius for claims about the relative merits of Greek and Roman inst...

An Oblique Digression on David Hume's Teachings on Esotericism
open.substack.com/pub/digressi...

A surprisingly fun digression on Hume's debts to Polybius with multiple appearances of Machiavelli and Adam Smith (and some Plutarch) I know, that Polybius ascribes the infamy of Greek faith to the prevalency of the EPICUREAN philosophy; but I know also, that Punic faith had as bad a reputation in ancient times, as Irish evidence ha...

A surprisingly fun digression on Hume's debts to Polybius with multiple appearances of Machiavelli and Adam Smith (and some Plutarch) open.substack.com/pub/digressi...

Gutwrenching

Today the unthinkable happened I spoke up to defend...Kant against some of Husserl's accusations.
#feltdirty

The EU is rapidly transforming into a defensive federation

@lastpositivist.bsky.social you may like this passage

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A surprisingly fun digression on Hume's debts to Polybius with multiple appearances of Machiavelli and Adam Smith (and some Plutarch) I know, that Polybius ascribes the infamy of Greek faith to the prevalency of the EPICUREAN philosophy; but I know also, that Punic faith had as bad a reputation in ancient times, as Irish evidence ha...

A surprisingly fun digression on Hume's debts to Polybius with multiple appearances of Machiavelli and Adam Smith (and some Plutarch) open.substack.com/pub/digressi...

Big announcement from us: we are fully funded, we met our goal. I cannot thank everyone who supported us enough. We are putting the pedal on the gas to put out work worthy of your trust.

I may become a Hegelian if the current war against Iran leads to the establishment of liberal democracy in the Gulf Statelets.

JOB

Assistant Professor of Political Theory
University of Cambridge
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Yes. I think it's an open question if he was still really influential by then

Black and white image of John Bright. He has wispy white hair with bushy mutton chops and a neck beard. He is dressed in a dark suit, apparently sitting, with his elbow resting on a table and his hand touching his facial hair. He's looking into the foreground and to the left, with a serious expression.

John Bright was a man for our times: an advocate of free trade, expanding the democratic franchise, eroding aristocratic privileges, a peaceful foreign policy, and undermining the American Slave Power.

"Be just and fear not."

Just learned that was his motto, and I think that's neat.

I have not spent time criticising his views on Ireland yet:)

He was no saint, but I am glad you are discovering him

Btw, Afghanistan and Pakistan also seem to be involved in an escalating war, which is especially notable (and instructive) because not so long ago Pakistan's military aided the Taliban into power.

Btw, Afghanistan and Pakistan also seem to be involved in an escalating war, which is especially notable (and instructive) because not so long ago Pakistan's military aided the Taliban into power.