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Refocusing classical liberalism on the arts and philosophy alongside economics.
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Are there limits to free speech? (opens the original)
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Bleak House as a liberal novel (opens the original)
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Today we have a guest post from Brophy. Ben is a Vice President at the Mercatus Center. He writes the Substack . He is also a bivocational pastor at Emmanuel Baptist Church.Introduction: fog, fog, everywhereIn Bleak House, Charles Dickens writes about fog like J.R.R. Tolkien writes about trees, which is to say, a lot. And the critics love
The flaws of ‘meeting in the middle’ (opens the original)
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Reviewing a Season on Arts and Liberalism with Benjamin Brophy (opens the original)
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Ben Brophy, vice president of strategic engagement at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, joins Rebecca Lowe and Henry Oliver to reflect on the first season of The Street Porter and the Philosopher. They discuss questions that arose across the episodes, including the extent to which a work of art can count as liberal, how artistic experiences can contribute to a good life, and why classical liberals should appeal to the arts and philosophy alongside economics. They also look ahead to
What's so important about property rights? (opens the original)
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