Geoffrey M. Hodgson The meaning of socialism The word socialism first appeared in 1827. Robert Owen defined socialism as “the
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When vital words lose their meaning, then democracy will die Geoffrey M. Hodgson Theresa May once told us that “Brexit
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Geoffrey M. Hodgson In a recent New York Times interview, the Nobel economist Joseph Stiglitz declared that Bernie Sanders, “a
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Geoffrey M. Hodgson The idea of Ludwig Mises, Friedrich Hayek and Milton Friedman, that there was once an ultra-individualist ‘classical
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Geoffrey M. Hodgson A summary of Geoffrey M. Hodgson (2019) ‘How Mythical Markets Mislead Analysis: An Institutionalist Critique of Market
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Marxism, liberalism and the Euston Manifesto “It is at times like these that voices like Geras are sorely needed.”
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Geoffrey M. Hodgson When it was used by Robert Owen and his followers from the 1830s, the word socialism meant
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More on the Seven Dimensions of Liberalism Geoffrey M. Hodgson The common core of all varieties of liberalism
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Beyond its shared stress on liberty and rights, liberalism comes in many different forms. One of these varieties is
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Despite their declared support for free trade, Tory libertarians like David Davis and Jacob Rees-Mogg are acting as if
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