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David Lay Williams

David Lay Williams
Professor of Political Science at DePaul University and author of The Greatest of All Plagues: How Economic Inequality Shaped Political Thought from Plato to Marx (Princeton, 2024)
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United States
Elon Musk’s Cruel Moral Sentiments
April 3, 2025David Lay Williams
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Economy
Why We Should Worry about Inequality
January 11, 2023David Lay Williams
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Economy
The Wall Street Journal Resurrects Mandeville
September 27, 2022David Lay Williams
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Democracy
What Hobbes Can Teach Us About Trump’s Lawless Reign
December 1, 2020David Lay Williams
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Reviews
Lao-tzu, Plato, and Parasite
February 28, 2020David Lay Williams
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Economy
David Brooks & Economic Inequality
January 23, 2020David Lay Williams
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Impeachment
Impeachment and Rousseau’s General Will
January 15, 2020David Lay Williams

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