Damien Geradin (George Mason): Should Uber Be Allowed to Compete in Europe? And If So How? The biggest “political economy” discovery of the 20th century is that you can increase the wealth of the population by a factor of eight or nine times, and not have it reduce the level of possessiveness, or of resistance to redistribution, by one iota. A road trip that predates cars: Though it has been out of print for 150 years, Across the Continent remains a powerful read today, not least because of the challenging questions it poses about the classic American association of freedom with the road. What’s wrong with political correctness? It’s easy to criticise call-out culture — it’s harder to look into your own heart and ask if you can do better. Deborah Boucoyannis on how taxing the rich leads to representative government — happy 800th birthday, Magna Carta. GOP lawmakers in Kansas abandon Grover Norquist's no-tax pledge en masse to avoid devastating budget cuts forced on them by Sam Brownback's trickle down failure. The candidates: Chris Lehmann on the race for the Republican nomination. The Jeb Bush formula: Andrew Prokop on how the staunch conservative learned to talk moderate — and win. 11 moments from Bernie Sanders' Reddit Q&A that show why he's a progressive hero. Katherine Williams reviews Gendered Readings of Change: A Feminist Pragmatist Approach by Clara Fischer.
