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Markets as ‘causal spread’: How the early neoliberals anticipated embodied cognition: Fragment one – Hayek

Nicholas Gruen
June 30, 2020July 17, 2020
My essay on the Ghost of Descartes was written by cannibalising a longer, not quite finished essay entitled "Cartesian vices, Copernican moments". In writing something...
Coronavirus crisis Cultural Critique Democracy Economics and public policy Education Geeky Musings Health Life Philosophy Politics - national Religion Science Social Policy Society Theatre

From being to seeming: why empirical scientists failed in times of Covid.

Paul Frijters
June 29, 2020November 25, 2023
There have long been scientists who were celebrities in their own time. Galileo, Keppler, Goodall, Linneus, Cousteau, Darwin, Smith, Leeuwenhoek, Da Vinci, Ibn Khaldhun, Curie,...
Cultural Critique Democracy Economics and public policy

Public servants and political partisanship

Nicholas Gruen
June 29, 2020June 27, 2020
Every now and again I'm asked to contribute to The Mandarin as part of their Brains Trust. Here's my latest contribution in seeking to answer...
Cultural Critique Law

May the farce be with you: Dyson Heydon (or is that Heydon Dyson?) edition

Nicholas Gruen
June 27, 2020June 27, 2020
[caption id="attachment_34023" align="alignright" width="452"] Heydon Dyson Dyson Heydon is hard at work.[/caption] A quick follow up on my "May the farce be with you" article...
Coronavirus crisis Health Libertarian Musings Medical Science Social Policy

“Living with Covid” Interesting paper on tradeoffs

Paul Frijters
June 26, 2020June 26, 2020
Here is a new paper from Imperial College, this time by a team with David Miles, Mike Stedman, and Adrian Heald, looking into the implicit...
Coronavirus crisis Cultural Critique Economics and public policy History Life Philosophy Politics - international Politics - national Science Social Society Theatre

What kind of crowd are we now seeing? The 5 surprises in this pandemic.

Paul Frijters
June 17, 2020December 16, 2022
There are 5 aspects of the covid-19 pandemic I really did not see coming, all pointing to a phenomenon that European sociologists of a century...
Bullshit Cultural Critique Economics and public policy

Accountability from above and below

Nicholas Gruen
June 12, 2020June 12, 2020
[caption id="attachment_33982" align="aligncenter" width="593"] I don't know about this hierarchy, but I do like the idea that the most important foundation is self-honesty.[/caption] Below is...

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