Tag: political science
Highlights from our Reddit AMA with Professor Michael Munger
July 18, 2017 | Post
Last week, Professor Michael Munger joined us on Reddit for an “Ask Me Anything” conversation as part of the Learn Liberty Reddit AMA Series. Dr. Munger is an esteemed Professor of Political Science, Economics, and Public Policy at Duke University. He has authored/co-authored 7 books and over 200 scholarly articles. A long-time friend of the Learn Liberty project, […]
Reddit AMA with Professor Michael Munger of Duke University
July 7, 2017 | Post
This Tuesday, the Learn Liberty Reddit AMA Series continues with Michael C. Munger, Professor of Political Science at Duke University. UPDATE: The AMA is now live! Prior to his tenure at Duke, where he chaired the Department of Political Science for 10 years before coming to serve as Director of Undergraduate Studies, Professor Munger has also taught at Dartmouth […]
Highlights from our Reddit AMA with Professor Sarah Burns
May 19, 2017 | Post
Did you miss our recent Reddit AMA with Professor Sarah Burns of RIT’s political science department? You can find the whole conversation here, or check out some of the highlights below. Dr. Burns is a regular contributor to the Learn Liberty Blog, and starred in our series on America’s Founding. Adama82 Hi, thanks for […]
Reddit AMA with Professor Sarah Burns, scholar of the American founding
May 5, 2017 | Post
Sarah Burns is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Her research examines the intersection of political liberalization and American constitutional development with an eye toward policy implications for democratization across the globe. Professor Burns was featured in Learn Liberty’s America’s Founding series. She has also written on American history (1), American foreign policy (2,3), elections (4,5), […]
What Classical Liberals Get Wrong About Political Science
April 26, 2017 | Post
The current classical liberal interpretation of political science is lacking.
Highlights from our Reddit AMA with Professor Lauren Hall
April 5, 2017 | Post
If you missed the Reddit AMA with Professor Lauren Hall last week, fear not! We’ve taken the liberty of compiling some of the highlights for your viewing pleasure. You can check out the whole thing here. Dr. Hall is associate professor of political science at Rochester Institute of Technology. She is the author of Family and […]
Where did the presidency get all these powers? From Congress.
March 24, 2017 | Post
Why would the legislature want the executive to have more power? Why would they voluntarily cede some of their power?
Andrew Jackson is a bad role model for the president
March 15, 2017 | Post
Donald Trump added a portrait of Andrew Jackson to the White House Oval Office shortly after his inauguration. Why Jackson?
The meaning of American populism
March 13, 2017 | Post
Trump is just the latest manifestation of an old American instinct.
Constitutional crisis or the Constitution at work?
February 10, 2017 | Post
We’re seeing the Constitution raise its craggy head and shake itself awake after having been essentially shoved in a corner to nap for the last few decades.
Finally, a libertarian defense of identity politics
January 3, 2017 | Post
Identity politics, usually portrayed as a spectre haunting liberalism, is actually key to understanding uprisings against state power.
Liberalism reconstructed for a world divided
December 31, 2016 | Post
So 2016 is limping to an end with an assassination of an ambassador, another “inspired” attack on innocents at a Christmas market, and the formal election of a master crony-capitalist to the office of the presidency of the United States.
Apolitical reasons to hate politics
October 25, 2016 | Post
Politics isn’t just bad; It’s the worst. It brings out the literal worst in people.
The Connection between Sport and Classical Liberalism
July 31, 2016 | Post
The connection between classical liberalism and sport is not immediately obvious. Sport, after all, is a near-universal human activity that long predates classical liberalism. Its practitioners and spectators come from all creeds and political ideologies. That is one of the enduring strengths and attractions of sport at its best: it is not the provenance of […]
The Game of Thrones Must Be Stopped
April 22, 2016 | Post
What does the hit HBO series Game of Thrones tell us about political science and the incentives faced by people in positions of power? Professor Matt McCaffrey explains in the following Learn Liberty video.
Why Do All Politicians Sound The Same?
March 22, 2016 | Post
Ever wonder why presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump sound so similar despite being from different political parties? Both rail against free trade, the establishment, and harken back to a mythical time in the country when there was a chicken in every pot and an American manufacturing every product we use. In the video […]