The Yost Post

Interesting Links, a Brief Explainer on Indo-European Studies, and Some Fun New Media

Hello Friends, Here are some announcements and interesting links.

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A Yost Year in Review

Hello everyone! I hope you are having an enjoyable Christmastide and are preparing to make merry to ring in the new year! I apologize for the lack of consistent posting, hopefully something that will improve in the new year. With 2023 coming to a close, I thought it might be a useful exercise to take stock of what has happened in the past year.

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Friday Links

Happy Friday everyone! I have been busy recently and have several links to share this week.

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Friday Links-Ukraine and GOP Foreign Policy

Howdy everyone, long time no see. I apologize for the long delay in updates. For several months I have been feeling under the weather, but recently started a higher dose of the thyroid hormone levothyroxine and have seen a dramatic improvement and am working on catching up on all the work that has piled up in the meantime, and I am hoping to get back to…

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Four Sets of Nonconflicting Rules: Reply to Andrew Humphries

This communication continues the exchange on “Four Sets of Nonconflicting Rules”: The preceding pieces are: 1. Dan Klein “Four Sets of Nonconflicting Rules” 2. Torben Spaak Comment on “Four Sets” 3. John Cairns

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Four Sets of Nonconflicting Rules: Reply to Torben Spaak and John Cairns

The present communication is the fifth in an exchange on “Four Sets of Nonconflicting Rules.” The preceding four pieces are: Dan Klein “Four Sets of Nonconflicting Rules” Torben Spaak Comment on “Four Sets” John Cairns

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Comments by Andrew Humphries on Dan Klein's Four Set's of Nonconflicting Rules

The third commentary on Dan Klein’s Four Sets of Nonconflicting Rules (lead essay here, first commentary here, second commentary here) comes from Andrew G. Humphries, a Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics at New College of Florida. Andrew defended his dissertation on Smith and Tocqueville at GMU in the spring of 2021. He earned his MA in Economics…

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Comments by John Cairns On Dan Klein’s Four Sets of Nonconflicting Rules

The second commentary on Dan Klein’s Four Sets of Nonconflicting Rules (lead essay here, first commentary here) comes from Dr. John Cairns, Professor of Civil Law at Edinburgh Law School.

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Comments by Torben Spaak On Dan Klein’s Four Sets of Nonconflicting Rules

The first commentary on Dan Klein’s Four Sets of Nonconflicting Rules (lead essay here) comes from Dr. Torben Spaak, Professor of jurisprudence, Department of Law, Stockholm University.

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Four Sets of Nonconflicting Rules

I am very pleased to present the Yost Post’s first guest author, Dan Klein, with a chapter excerpt from his recently released book Central Notions of Smithian Liberalism (free PDF at link), which was recently published by CL Press. In addition to this lead essay, there will be several follow-up essays responding and commenting on the lead essay from inv…

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