Tyranny Trouble
Twenty Lessons On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder | Thinking About | 20th January 2025
“Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. Beware the one-party state. They exploited a historic moment to make political life impossible for their opponents. Notice the swastikas. Do not get used to them. Remember professional ethics. Authoritarians need obedient civil servants, and concentration camp directors seek businessmen interested in cheap labour” (1,300 words)
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The Trouble With Aggregates
Reuven Brenner | Law & Liberty | 20th January 2025
Macroeconomics uses national aggregate numbers to gauge living standards but pays little attention to their reliability in concept or measurement. “Too much aggregation mixes the unmixable and gives us models that are easy to handle but with low, if any, power of resolution.” Governments can use these statistics to justify bad policy. “In many ways, the macroeconomic sector is comparable to astrology” (3,200 words)
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