“Progressive fusionism”
A few bloggers have recently written progressive fusionism. Skeptic Lawyer (otherwise known as Helen Dale who I kind-of-knew from University of Qld days) has written a piece on it over at her blog.
The idea that libertarians and ‘progressives’ could hammer out some of their differences and reach a compromise far more workable than that between conservatives and libertarians is an interesting one.
It looks like an enjoyable read. There may be some areas in which Liberal and Social Democrat thought are very similar and on which people can work together. I wonder if the essential difference between Liberal thought and Social Democratic thought is different conceptions of property rights and its importance.
On other matters, I’ve printed out a set of game theory lecture notes to read through - I’ve never learnt game theory and it might be interesting and even useful in my work.
