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Consumer Choice
+4
Nov 2, 2026
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13 min read
From fragmentation to the promise of rural civil society
Civil Rights
Oct 21, 2026
10 min read
The new republic didn’t enfranchise women, but it built the tools that later generations would use.
Law
+2
Oct 14, 2026
5 min read
A little-known law closes off federal appeals, even for the admittedly innocent. That’s by design.
Trust in Governance
Sep 9, 2026
7 min read
Militant democracy proposes to save liberalism from its foes. Can it work as promised?
Complexity & Emergent Orders
Aug 24, 2026
8 min read
When you hear that good politics is always simple, think twice.
Ethics
Aug 12, 2026
We haven’t solved that one, either.
Public Choice
+3
Jul 13, 2026
9 min read
Knowing an individual’s will is easy. Knowing the will of a collective is like chasing a ghost in a machine.
Jul 8, 2026
16 min read
A new study offers insight into the values of ordinary conservative voters.
Education
Jul 1, 2026
11 min read
How a voluntary, bottom-up answer to an information problem became a federally enforced cartel, and why prying it loose is a cause every liberal should own.
Authoritarianism & Tyranny
Jun 26, 2026
Recent events may hold lessons for other countries with presidential systems, including the United States.
Jun 12, 2026
We choose in groups because we value being united. Public choice economics seeks to make sense of what happens next.
May 29, 2026
Liberalism can’t do without democracy. But sometimes, democracy errs. What then?
May 27, 2026
Not all labor unions are alike. Public sector unions face different incentives, and they often bargain away better governance.
Rule of Law
May 20, 2026
Federal agents have always had extensive immunities. Their growing presence in all of our lives makes that a growing problem. And the courts aren’t helping.
Liberal Culture
May 7, 2026
12 min read
Defending liberal political norms doesn’t mean always reaching across the aisle. Sometimes, liberal neutrality means playing hardball.
Liberal Culture & Sensibility
Apr 30, 2026
The “man of system” is a famous figure in the work of Adam Smith, and not in a good way. And yet we all think in systems. They can be both beautiful and helpful. What gives?
Economics
Apr 24, 2026
In every political system, wealthy and powerful people will try to write the rules to favor themselves. Liberal democracies should use a range of policy tools to resist elite capture.
Apr 22, 2026
When are state-based solutions the best we can do? It’s tempting to reach hasty conclusions, but technological change means the truth may be a moving target.
Family
Apr 6, 2026
Liberalism does best when there are strong intermediate institutions between the state and the individual. The family is the oldest of them, and it still has no substitutes.
Mar 30, 2026
19 min read
Indigent defense is a key part of any decent criminal justice system. But in many places, the incentives for public defenders don’t point toward justice.
Pluralism
Mar 24, 2026
If American liberals deploy aggressive tactics against the far right, will they lose what makes them good?
Mar 18, 2026
14 min read
Markets may fail; governments may help. But much about market activity will forever be invisible. A pair of unlikely thinkers helps illustrate the limits of what we know and the need for epistemic humility.
Announcements
Mar 13, 2026
The foundations of an inclusive and prosperous society are open to all those who will defend them. We intend to do just that.
6 min read
Concentrations of power are a danger, and a liberal society must reckon with them wherever they occur.
Mar 12, 2026
Lessons from history for our current moment
