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Policy debates at their best do not produce slogans. They produce clarity. They force participants to define terms they usually leave vague, to explain trade-offs they would rather ignore, and to admit the limits of their preferred tools. That was the most valuable outcome of this term’s policy debate: it sharpened the underlying questions that […]

Intellectual traditions remain alive only when they are debated rather than repeated. The recent session of the Hayek Discussion Group offered precisely this kind of engagement: not a ceremonial tribute to Friedrich A. Hayek, but a rigorous examination of his central arguments and their relevance to modern governance. Rather than treating Hayek as a political […]

Economic liberty is one of the most frequently invoked concepts in political debate—and one of the least carefully examined. It is praised as the engine of prosperity, criticized as a cover for inequality, and sometimes treated as a simple synonym for “less government.” Our recent speaker spotlight aimed to move the discussion beyond slogans. Instead […]

Every academic term has its own mood. Some begin with a sense of urgency shaped by headlines and deadlines; others begin more quietly, with a slower return to reading, debate, and the discipline of sustained thought. Our term opening lecture was designed to do one thing above all: set an intellectual tone. Not a tone […]