Mini Tacos, Murder, and the Problem of Getting Exactly What We Want with Sarah Skwire <p>What does a thriller about a murderous house-hunter have to do with liberalism? Quite a lot, it turns out. In this episode, host Aaron Ross Powell talks with Sarah Skwire, Senior Program Officer at...

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“If you want to persuade any normal human who is not an economist, you cannot make an argument by giving them a giant pile of data and say look at the data come back when you are convinced. But, if you start by saying let me tell you the most amazing story about how…”

—Sarah Skwire

Why Liberalism Needs the Family The family is a crucial institution for liberalism; it advances cultural, economic, epistemic, and political liberty, and it's a necessary intermediate between the individual and the state. Liberal re...

Setting aside ideological assumptions from both left and right, Lauren Hall argues that the family is a pre-political institution whose role in transmitting knowledge, cultivating self-governance, and sustaining pluralism makes it indispensable to the liberal tradition.

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Sitcoms: A Defense Liberalism is in crisis. How about some television?

Watching sitcoms might be more significant than we think — @shalmarr.bsky.social makes a compelling case for popular culture as an essential practice in cultivating liberal values and civic identity

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Welcome to Liberalism.org with Emily Chamlee-Wright <p>In the very first episode of the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://Liberalism.org" target="_blank"><i>Liberalism.org</i></a><i> Show</i>, Aaron Ross Powell sits down with IHS Presi...

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"Liberalism is a conversation. It has been for centuries, and it will be for centuries more. We haven't figured it all out yet, but we do know there are certain bedrock principles that are non-negotiable, because they are simply the way we ought to treat one another."

— @aaronrosspowell.com

One Panic After Another What holds up society? Equilibria. If you think that the sky is about to fall, you should ask why it hasn’t happened already.

Human societies can be incredibly resilient, or they can fall apart. Drawing on cultural anthropology, evolutionary biology, and economics, @jkuznicki.bsky.social argues that our ability to imagine disaster runs way ahead of the disasters we meet in the real world.

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Chandran Kukathas on immigration <p>What if the greatest threat to freedom isn’t immigration—but the effort to control it?<br /><br />In this wide-ranging conversation, political theorist and author of <a rel="noopener noreferrer nof...

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“The argument of the book is that the more seriously one tries to control immigration, the more it will have an impact on citizens.”

—Chandran Kukathas

Indigent defense is one of those places where trying to save a few bucks up front delivers everyone a much worse justice system. @radleybalko.bsky.social shows us how that happens:

In Criminal Justice, We Get What We Pay For We can fix many of the broken incentives in the criminal justice system. We just have to agree on our priorities.

In criminal justice, incentives matter. As @radleybalko.bsky.social shows, misaligned incentives can undermine fairness at every level.

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Realism, Idealism, and a Balanced Foreign Policy The last thirty years have been a time of extremes in American foreign policy. How can liberals get the balance right?

A stronger domestic agenda starts with smarter foreign policy. @emmamashford.bsky.social argues it’s time for realism over overreach.

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The Enemy Is Power, Wherever You Find It with Matt Zwolinski <p>In this episode, host Aaron Ross Powell talks with Matt Zwolinski, Professor of Philosophy at the University of San Diego and a <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://Liberalism.org" ta...

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“The most important insight in the liberal tradition is that by spreading power out you can mitigate its harmful effects.”

— @mattzwolinski.bsky.social

If Liberals Get Tougher, What Will They Become? If American liberals deploy aggressive tactics against the right, will they lose what makes them good?

As calls grow for liberals to “fight,” Kevin Elliott asks whether doing so risks changing liberalism itself.

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Immigration Restrictions Restrict Americans’ Liberties American citizens and their families, businesses, and schools all suffer when immigrants are unwelcome. Shadow docket rulings, Kavanaugh stops, and other legal matters yield harms to everyone, not jus...

Immigration policy isn’t just about borders it’s about freedom at home. @ilyasomin.bsky.social explores how restrictions impact Americans’ rights and opportunities.

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Seeing with Two I’s: States, Markets, and Some Advice for Us Liberals 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 hum...

Markets aren’t perfect. Governments aren’t either.

Michael Munger calls for a liberalism grounded in humility, toleration, and skepticism toward power wherever it shows up.

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Welcome to Liberalism.org with Emily Chamlee-Wright <p>In the very first episode of the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://Liberalism.org" target="_blank"><i>Liberalism.org</i></a><i> Show</i>, Aaron Ross Powell sits down with IHS Presi...

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"I don’t think most people who have pent up frustrations are saying I’m really frustrated with liberal democracy. They say my grown children who are gainfully employed can’t afford to live in the place that they want to."

— @emilychamleewright.bsky.social

BTS of the Liberalism.org show being filmed at Flourishing House neighborhood at SXSW.

Behind the scenes of the Liberalism.org Show at Arena Hall with guest Virginia Postrel.

From innovation to culture, we’re exploring how liberal ideas shape human flourishing, live from the Flourishing House neighborhood at @sxsw.com.

More liberal content coming soon.

Mini Tacos, Murder, and the Problem of Getting Exactly What We Want When personalization is king and optimization is everywhere, fiction has lessons about where to stop.

When we treat preferences as necessities, scarcity stops being a fact of life and becomes something we create ourselves. Read more from Sarah Skwire:

I haven’t mentioned here yet, but I’m lucky enough to be working with the folks at @liberalism.org these days, and am super excited. It’s great to be back with old friends like @aaronrosspowell.com, and just as cool to be helping out new ones like @uncanonical.net on this new series. Subscribe!

Landry and I have worked together, in one way or another, for it's gotta be pushing a decade. He was my producer on Free Thoughts, then after I left that job, became my producer on ReImagining Liberty. And now he's with us on @liberalism.org. It's awesome getting to do cool projects with friends.

What Early Liberals Knew, We'll Remember Discover the foundations of liberal thought and why inclusive, prosperous societies are built on these enduring principles. Explore liberalism's proven results.

At @liberalism.org, we are blessed to have @jkuznicki.bsky.social as our editor-in-chief. Read his editor's introduction, setting out the publication's principles, and positioning our liberalism as a response to today's grimly illiberal moment. www.liberalism.org/p/what-early...

What Early Liberals Knew, We'll Remember Discover the foundations of liberal thought and why inclusive, prosperous societies are built on these enduring principles. Explore liberalism's proven results.

"We understand liberalism to be under threat today, not just in the United States, but globally. Its defense could not be more urgent. Liberalism underwrites many of the good things that all Americans, and all people of goodwill, take for granted."
- me, at @liberalism.org

What Early Liberals Knew, We'll Remember Discover the foundations of liberal thought and why inclusive, prosperous societies are built on these enduring principles. Explore liberalism's proven results.

"We @liberalism.org seek conversations with people who still care about and believe in the idea of public policy as an instrument of the public good. We think the public’s trust is worth winning, and that public concerns are worth taking seriously. We think earnestness pays."

The Enemy Is Power, Wherever You Find It Concentrations of power are a danger, and a liberal society must reckon with them wherever they occur. Liberals must watch for concentrations of economic as well as political power. An analysis of "A Positive Program for Laissez Faire" by Henry Simons shows this insight's power in liberal political…

Liberals take concentration of power seriously, and liberalism offers solutions to the dangers of concentrated power. @mattzwolinski.bsky.social talks about how in a new essay at @liberalism.org. www.liberalism.org/p/the-enemy-is…

What Early Liberals Knew, We'll Remember Discover the foundations of liberal thought and why inclusive, prosperous societies are built on these enduring principles. Explore liberalism's proven results.

Liberalism means limiting power, protecting rights, and sustaining open inquiry and pluralism. Those commitments don’t self-actualize. Read more from @jkuznicki.bsky.social

Chandran Kukathas on immigration <p>What if the greatest threat to freedom isn’t immigration—but the effort to control it?<br /><br />In this wide-ranging conversation, political theorist and author of <a rel="noopener noreferrer nof...

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"I don't want to say it's never important to be patriotic or think about your country. It's hardwired in a certain way. But, once you go to a certain point, once you over emphasize it I think you get into real trouble."

- Chandran Kukathas