Garreth Bloor

Garreth Bloor is a vice president of the IRR, the oldest classical liberal think tank in South Africa. He served as a former executive politician in the country and is the founder of a venture capital firm. Bloor currently resides in Toronto.

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Was Hayek a One-Worlder?

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Friedrich Hayek in Gothenburg, Sweden 1981 (Roger Tillberg / Alamy Stock Photo).
The nation remains the basic unit of international society in Hayek’s view.

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Manifesto of a Classical Liberal-slash-Populist

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Former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper
To respond to the legitimate grievances of populists, argues Stephen Harper, conservatives have to snap out of their free market dogmatism.

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Understanding Homo Economicus in Deeper Terms

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Writer and economist George Gilder
What the state-oriented economists and the market-oriented economists might both be underestimating: ideas, attitudes, moral codes, and mental disciplines.

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What Local Governments Need to Learn to Nurture Local Prosperity

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Research tells us that local government regularly infringes the rule of law even when acting in the name of decentralization or federalism.

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Risks and Opportunities in South Africa’s Fluid Politics

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City Hall, Cape Town, South Africa (Schnepf Design/Shutterstock.com).
The shifting alliances of South Africa's politics offer significant dangers to private property, but may open space for liberal reforms.

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Government Can’t Overcome Traffic: A Market Approach to Mobility

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Mass transit rail system in Singapore (Sam's Studio/Shutterstock.com).
We should take a page from James Buchanan and Friedrich Hayek, and use markets to foster mobility instead of relying on top-down plans for mass transit.

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The Challenge of Limited Local Government

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City Hall, Los Angeles, California (Sean Pavone / Shutterstock.com)
Classical liberals love to talk about limiting government power, but often forget to attend to doing this at the local level.

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The Prospects for Liberty in South Africa

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Union Buildings, Pretoria, South Africa. Felix Lipov/Shutterstock.com
The end of apartheid didn't mean the end of challenges to liberty in South Africa.

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