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History · Althing  ·  18 April 2026  ·  12 min read

The Althing at 1,096: Iceland's Thousand-Year Parliament

In 930 AD, Icelandic settlers built a parliament with no king and no standing army. The Althing is Europe's oldest experiment in ordered liberty — and its lessons endure.

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Thinkers · Menger  ·  17 April 2026  ·  13 min read

Carl Menger and the Birth of the Austrian School

Value, method, and the Viennese mind. The 1871 book nobody read, and the 150 years of economic thought it started.

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Thinkers · Bastiat  ·  17 April 2026  ·  10 min read

Bastiat in 2026: Ce qu'on voit, ce qu'on ne voit pas

Applying the seen-and-unseen to the European fiscal debate, one hundred and seventy-five years later. On industrial subsidies, carbon tariffs, and the discipline of asking what else.

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