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Gene Sharp significantly contributed to both the intellectual and practical advancement of nonviolent approaches to conflictual activity against oppressive sources of power. His seminal statement, The Politics of Nonviolent Action, published fifty ye

Market process theory explores the sequence through which the knowledge and expectations of economic actors lead toward coordination and cooperation (Mises [1920] 1935, [1949] 1996; Hayek 1948; Kirzner 1973, 1992, 1997; Boettke and Prychitko 1998). N

Gene Sharp significantly contributed to both the intellectual and practical advancement of nonviolent approaches to conflictual activity against oppressive sources of power. His seminal statement, The Politics of Nonviolent Action, published fifty ye

In the fifty years that have passed since the publication of Gene Sharp’s The Politics of Nonviolent Action, empirical evidence for the effectiveness of nonviolence has grown considerably. The most compelling example is Erica Chenoweth and Maria Step

Pacifists, who oppose the use of deadly force as a means of dispute resolution, have often been caricatured as laughably unrealistic. It seems a matter of common sense to many people that nonviolence is weaker, and therefore less effective, than viol

The role of Islam in advocating nonviolence and nonviolent methods of achieving sociopolitical reforms has been scarcely studied. The intersection of Islam and nonviolence is an ostensible paradox, as Islam is perceived by many as conducive to violen

Adam Smith’s The Theory of Moral Sentiments ([1759] 1853; hereafter TMS), a treatise on psychology, preceded his foundational work in economics, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations Smith ([1776] 1904; hereafter WN). His sec

On December 26, 2017, RaDonda Vaught lived every nurse’s nightmare by accidentally killing a woman. Instead of giving the prescribed sedative, Vaught mistakenly administered a powerful, paralyzing drug. This drug paralyzed the patient, who then exper

A dam Smith is more often referenced than read in academic political economy. When Smith is referenced, it is sometimes suggested that he was advancing a narrow economic idea associated with the expression invisible hand. But a cursory reading of Smi

Francis Fukuyama’s Liberalism and Its Discontents (2022) defends classical/humane liberalism—ideas that emerged in the second half of the seventeenth century—arguing for limitations on government, constitutions, the rule of law, and the protection of