Category Archives: Essays

Breve Historia Económica de España

Posted on March 26, 2021 by David Roman

El Proyecto Maddison lleva años estimando la evolución histórica de las economías de casi todos los países del mundo, en particular el producto interior bruto, y su mucho más útil versión corrigiendo por población: la renta per cápita. A finales … Continue reading →

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The Mini-Coup Strategy: How the European Union Took Over a Continent

Posted on February 6, 2021 by David Roman

The brilliant Perry Anderson, one of the greatest essayists of our time, reviews a history of the European Union in the London Review of Books, and his chosen title (or that of the LRB editors) is The European Coup. I … Continue reading →

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Pericles, the World’s Greatest Propaganda Construct

Posted on December 16, 2020 by David Roman

The Athenian strongman Pericles (495-429 BC) epitomizes the triumph of lies and propaganda in Classical Greece. A successful, very wealthy aristocrat, he stopped at nothing to secure power. He betrayed allies, changed Athenian laws to restrict full legal rights to … Continue reading →

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Rethinking Transhumanist Politics 1 — What Do We Want?

Posted on November 19, 2020 by David Roman

(This is the first of four essays on the topic) Transhumanist political parties are one of the greatest oddities of modern history. And they’re also quite a failure, at least for now. The first transhumanist political movement, the U.S. Transhumanist Party (TP), … Continue reading →

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There Are No Good Writers

Posted on October 15, 2020 by David Roman

I’ve always been intrigued by the concept of “good writer.” I’ve long thought I was a “good writer.” Some begged to disagree. So I’ve often pondered whether it would be possible to find some sort of measurement; or at least … Continue reading →

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