IPA Review – October 2018

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TABLE OF CONTENTS – OCTOBER 2018

Editorial

Scott Hargreaves

Inside the Intellectual Dark Web

A new breed of entertaining and enlightening free thinkers bypassed mainstream media to reach millions of people worldwide

Gideon Rozner

Right Climate for Nuclear Power

An eco-modernist concerned about climate change says nuclear energy can avoid a looming crisis in our energy supply.

Ben Heard

Clause for Concern

In an Australia held back by red tape, counting restrictive clauses in legislation is a powerful tool to roll it back.

Darcy Allen

To Yield and Not To Strive

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull promised ‘a thoroughly Liberal Government’ … but instead it was a thorough disappointment.

Simon Breheny

Rewarded For Not Thinking

A Melbourne schoolboy captures the costs of thoughtcrime under Stalin, via stories from his great-grandparents.

Maxim Bishev

A Capital Idea

Benefits for workers are the real success of modern management, which flourishes only in free societies.

Bradley Bowden

Vatican’t?

The Vatican’s passivity and appeasement towards repressive regimes means danger for Catholics and the church.

Fr James Grant

Reap What You Sue

A libertarian lawyers argues that public figures like Jordan Peterson harm free speech by resorting to defamation law.

Matthew S. Widmaier

Stick Your Neck Out

Nassim Nicholas Taleb of ‘Black Swan’ fame is interesting for what he says and how he says it, including in his latest book.

Scott Hargreaves

A Conservative Answer to Liberalism’s Crisis

Three new books describe liberal ideas and institutions in crisis, showing the need to restore confidence in our civilisation.

Andrew Bushnell

Luther Nailed It

Martin Luther’s profound influence is captured in a new history of Protestantism, but tolerance and freedom came later.

Richard Allsop

Upper Cut to Snootocracy

A British book on ‘patronising bastards’ is cathartic and entertaining, but also hit and miss.

Gideon Rozner

Strange Times

Our correspondent has been calculating his Social Credit score, and he’s in trouble.

James Bolt

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Book Reviews

Luther Nailed It

Historian Alex Ryrie expounds Martin Luther’s profound influence on the modern world but also explains

Stick Your Neck Out

In this review of “Skin in the Game; Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life”, Scott Hargreaves

A Conservative Answer To Liberalism’s Crisis

Three recent books describe a crisis of liberal democracy. But we can’t resolve our problems

All Articles

Inside the Intellectual Dark Web

The intellectual dark web has outsmarted the cultural left’s gatekeepers by speaking...

A Capital Idea: Modern Management in a Free Society

Benefits for workers are the real success of modern management in free...

Luther Nailed It

Historian Alex Ryrie expounds Martin Luther’s profound influence on the modern world...

Stick Your Neck Out

In this review of “Skin in the Game; Hidden Asymmetries in Daily...

Right Climate for Nuclear Power

Whatever your take on climate change, nuclear power is the safest option...

A Conservative Answer To Liberalism’s Crisis

Three recent books describe a crisis of liberal democracy. But we can’t...

Vatican’t

The failure of the Vatican under Pope Francis to stand up for...

Upper Cut to Snootocracy

Quentin Letts letting loose delivers a cathartic read even though some stray...

To Yield And Not To Strive

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull promised ‘a thoroughly Liberal Government’ … but instead...

Social Credit Score

China’s ‘Social Credit’ system gives people a score that determines their social...

Rewarded For Not Thinking

Melbourne schoolboy Maxim Bishev captures the repression of people and free thought...

Reap What You Sue

Public figures harm free speech when they resort to defamation law, argues...

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