Here you will find all published essays on civic ordoliberalism, liberal institutions, and the conditions of individual freedom.
- Labour, Wages and ProgressThe debate between labour rights and economic progress is too often framed as a false dilemma: either workers are protected and competitiveness is sacrificed, or markets are liberalised and precariousness is accepted as an inevitable side effect. Civic Ordoliberalism rejects this simplistic framing. Not because it promises miracles, but because it starts from a more… Read more: Labour, Wages and Progress
- Defense Without Expansionism: A Civic Response to an Imperfect WorldOne of the areas where liberal thought most often fails is not economics, but geopolitics. Classical liberal theory was developed for a world of rational states, predictable actors, and mutual interest in shared prosperity. The real world, however, has never resembled that model. Expansionist states, revisionist powers, and regimes that treat force not as a… Read more: Defense Without Expansionism: A Civic Response to an Imperfect World
- The Abortion Decision and the Error of Juridifying Male InfluenceThe debate surrounding abortion is often contaminated by emotion, private morality, and false symmetries. One of the most persistent is the idea that, because a man is the biological father, he should have legal influence over the decision to terminate a pregnancy. At first glance, the proposal may appear reasonable and “balanced.” In reality, it… Read more: The Abortion Decision and the Error of Juridifying Male Influence