There is no political solution, insofar as Heilbroner is concerned, to the kind of global problems and challenges facing humanity today.
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An Inquiry Into the Human Prospect: an Overview, Part Two
Capitalism and socialism are virtually indistinguishable from the standpoint of being able to respond to the challenges facing the human prospect.
Read More »An Inquiry Into the Human Prospect: an Overview, Part One
“. . . the elements of danger in the human prospect are by no means all located in ‘external’ threats, but in our ‘internal’ capacity to respond to those threats.” There's a silver lining, however: they are problems of our own making. Thus, they’re soluble.
Read More »An Inquiry Into the Human Prospect: a Footnote
"Humane society, cohabitation or being...above all earthly things must be maintained." Richard Overton
Read More »Economics and Politics: Against Vulgar Marxism
There’s something to be said for addressing the economic and the political separately; to the extent possible, as conceptually apart.
Read More »On Loyalty, Politics, and Statehood
The days of the state as the predominant political institution of our time are numbered.
Read More »Reflections on the GOP Loss: In Search of a Silver Lining
It’s axiomatic that no thoughtful resolution of the abortion [or any other] question is going to issue from glib pronouncements of gloating liberals but only from heartrending deliberations of humbled conservatives.
Read More »From Obligation to Loyalty: Gateway to New Political Thinking
We need a brand new concept of political obligation, unencumbered by old associations, if we are to move beyond the liberal state.
Read More »Hobbes and Locke Revisited, A Postscript
It is thus that modern day liberalism, has long since acquired the distinct flavor of being a knee-jerk reaction, nothing more.
Read More »Hobbes and Locke Revisited: The Foundations of the Modern Liberal State, Conclusion
The failure of liberalism lies in its intricate connection to the affairs of the state: as the state goes, so goes liberalism.
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