Constitutionalism--Of its Virtues and Vices
Like all human artifacts, constitutions reflect the limits of the human mind, limits of foresight and of moral judgment.
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Dec 12, 2018
Institutions + Theory
What we should really want is both institutions and theory--not only pure economic theory informed by the existence of specific institutions
Oct 15, 2018
Read Old Books
Writers of old made as many mistakes as we. But not the same mistakes. They will not flatter us in the errors we are already committing; and
Feb 27, 2018
Mental Models of Reality
They, like the rules they enjoin, are invested with considerable emotional meaning and therefore are believed for intrinsic reasons and not
Jan 26, 2018
Nation, State, and Democracy
The society and, in a sense, the nation preceded the state without having to be created by it. In such a setting, political parties represen
Nov 18, 2017
Two Fallible Heads are Better Than One
People were no cleverer then than they are now; they made as many mistakes as we. But not the same mistakes. They will not flatter us in the
Nov 11, 2017
The "We"
We can see a crowd... Whether [it] is a mere gathering or a mass or an organized body or any other kind of social entity is a question which
Nov 10, 2017
What's a government to do?
...in consequence of this absence of rule or principle, one side is at present as often wrong as the other; the interference of government i
Nov 9, 2017
Race Relations in the Twitter Age
Such transformation will call for social surgery at once the delicatest and nicest in human history. It will demand broad-minded and upright
Nov 7, 2017
Power: Complicated
The blame for society’s corruptions cannot be laid uncomplicatedly on power, since the exercise of power is always determined by the possibi
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