Author: Thomas L. Knapp

Source: Law & Liberty
by Samuel Gregg

“[Adam] Smith is convinced that the commercial society which he describes and analyzes in The Wealth of Nations cannot do without the morally sensitive being of The Theory of Moral Sentiments, if markets and liberty more generally are to be sustained over the long-term. There is, however, something else that unites the two books. Both flow from Smith’s commitment to the Scottish Enlightenment project of improvement, at the heart of which is what David Hume called the ‘science of man.’ That is the light in which we should place these two volumes. It reveals to us Smith’s essential humanism as someone who believed that the economy of natural liberty was part-and-parcel of what Smith called a ‘decent’ society.” (03/11/26)

https://lawliberty.org/forum/a-deeply-human-vision/

Source: EconLog
by Eric Schliesser

“The bottom-up mechanism of technological improvement that Smith showcases in the very first pages of Wealth of Nations shapes the division of labor. These technological improvements contribute to growing production (and to growing markets with more room for subdivision), capital’s profit, and cheaper goods and so raising living standards. Capital accumulation is an effect, not the cause, of technological innovation, and not just the result of the prudential habit to save.” (03/11/26)

https://www.econlib.org/library/columns/y2026/schiesser-wn250-1

Source: The Daily Economy
by David Hebert

“Erratic tariff policy is alienating our allies, weakening exactly the coalition we’d need to address Beijing’s behavior.” (03/11/26)

https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/but-what-about-china-a-response-to-tariff-advocates/

Source: CounterPunch
by Danaka Katovich

“My country bombed a girl’s elementary school last weekend. My country killed around one hundred and sixty girls in an instant. My country is the reason that the men and women who loved those little girls have to pull their severed, bloody limbs from the rubble, find their backpacks covered in blood, and bury them forever. Then people like Karoline Leavitt, who will be remembered forever for being the spokeswoman for the human meat grinder, will refer to the mass slaughter as ‘propaganda’ when asked about it. Then, we all go to work on Monday instead of setting the world on fire — like nothing ever happened. Like one hundred and sixty girls’ lives weren’t extinguished while neocons and liberals alike justify regime change on the basis of state-sanctioned violence against women. Have we not all been here before?” (03/11/26)

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/03/11/why-hasnt-the-world-set-on-fire/

Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Ali Rizk

“It is fighting for the survival of the organization and of Shiites there, and in the region. The US would be wise not to get sucked into this conflict, too.” (03/11/26)

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/hezbollah-lebanon-israel/

Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Connor O’Keeffe

“After Trump ordered this major joint US-Israeli air campaign on Iran a week and a half ago, several politicians, political commentators, and public figures heaped praise on the president for the ‘remarkable courage’ he showed to finally take on the Iranian regime. …. these characterizations already look a bit antiquated after Trump quietly dropped his initial stated goal of helping the Iranian people take over their government. But, especially as the price of oil has risen, the administration has continued to use this whole conflict to present Trump as a bold, decisive, and courageous president who is uncharacteristically willing to endure short-term economic, military, and political hardship in order do what is necessary to make the world a safer and more prosperous place for future generations in America and across the globe. That is nonsense.” (03/11/26)

https://mises.org/mises-wire/launching-war-iran-was-no-act-courage