I hereby officially announce my candidacy for President of the United States as a Republican in the 2028 election. Sure, I'm 22, an anarchist, a Chinese citizen, and on a student visa, but, as Malatesta said, "Impossibility never prevented anything from happening." (1/3)

The two tendencies that have influenced me the most are libertarian conservatism and left-wing market anarchism.

I'm feeling so hyped for Taiwan content in Millennium Dawn 2.1. Taiwan content is long overdue, and I'll be playing it as soon as it comes out.

I have signed Prof. Beito's petition in my capacity as National Chair of the Republican Anarchist Caucus, and I urge everybody to sign it too.

It’s a wrap!! A huge thank you to all of our presenters, attendees, and alums for another remarkable Markets & Society conference! We cannot wait to see you all again next year! 🗓️ October 22-25, 2027. Mar your calendars!

Don Lavoie is a name that should be more widely remembered among liberal political economists. His life sadly was cut short by cancer, yet his legacy lived on in his students as well as the record of his written work. Last night one of those former students of Don - Virgil Storr - delivered a brilliant talk on Markets as Emancipators. Don stressed this point in his teaching and in personal conversation. I discuss this in my The Struggle for a Better World as well. Virgil’s talk was perhaps the best example I have seen delivering the core Lavoie message about markets as liberators from oppression.

Markets & Society 2026 final keynote. The great Bruce Caldwell.

Hayek biographer and brilliant historian of economics and penetrating critical analyst of the methodology of economic science, Bruce Caldwell giving the final keynote of 2926 Markets and Society conference. Over 400 participants from all over the world sharing ideas and discussing deep conceptual issues at the heart of the humanities and social sciences. Just an amazing intellectual enterprise and experience. Economics as a tool for the curious!

Peter Boettke: Zero-sum thinking among the youth is a challenge for the survival of liberalism.

Chandran Kukathas: The more the state controls immigrants, the more it controls citizens.

McCloskey: The word "freedom" has developed social democratic connotations. Use "liberty" instead.

I MET DEIRDRE MCCLOSKEY!!!!!

John Hasnas: Locke's idea of natural rights of life, liberty, and property comes from what common law already delivered.

John Hasnas: Everything governments do was done before by individuals. Individuals do them first, and then governments take them over.

The GOAT

Abigail Hall: Economics is the empirical arm of philosophy.

Good morning

I'm way too tired. I've already skipped the evening keynote address. I think I'm going to skip dinner too and get some rest.

Pauline Dixon makes a fascinating point: In India, individuals of lower social castes are routinely turned away and/or placed at the end of the queue by government hospitals and clinics. So, private entrepreneurs have started their own hospitals and clinics to serve lower castes.