Samuel Moyn 🔭
@samuelmoyn
Forerunner or middler-which? “Howlingly wrong.” “Liberalism against Itself" (2023). “I didn’t expect it to gain immediate acceptance.” Yale prof.
The limits of my Bitmojis are the limits of my world.
It's easy to criticize Trump for ceding competitive ground to China. It's harder to reckon with the limits of American power in the world after Trump. A cold war-like posture toward Beijing will be less warranted and less feasible. My thoughts in @ftopinion, gift link below:
I wrote about the lack of administrative support for the liberal arts in @nytimes. The standard story we hear is that students don't want it. But a darker reality is that even when it wins big with students and donors it loses with those in power. nytimes.com/2025/07/17/opi…
Ouch Indispensable as always harpers.org/archive/2025/0…
A few thoughts about Musk’s America Party. Big Tech can beat political parties at their own game ft.com/content/fd3573… via @ft
This is fantastic essay--careful and clear.
Inspired by John Dunn’s essay of the same name, I’ve written a review essay on three recent books, on ‘the future of liberalism’ 1. Liberalism Against Itself @samuelmoyn 2. Liberalism as a Way of Life @alex_usyd 3. Regenerative Politics @EmmaPlaninc doi.org/10.1080/095575…
Inspired by John Dunn’s essay of the same name, I’ve written a review essay on three recent books, on ‘the future of liberalism’ 1. Liberalism Against Itself @samuelmoyn 2. Liberalism as a Way of Life @alex_usyd 3. Regenerative Politics @EmmaPlaninc doi.org/10.1080/095575…
The Ethics of Argument (not consistent with the Zeitgeist, I know, I know). @jasonfurman @samuelmoyn papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
Forever Wars, Forever Forgotten - Public Books publicbooks.org/forever-wars-f…
Issue 5 of Volume 123 is now live on our website! Make sure to check out these insightful pieces by @petersalib, @rddoerfler, @samuelmoyn, David Handelman-Holmes, and Derek A. Zeigler at michiganlawreview.org/archive/.
'"Don't you find it demoralizing that so much of our job as constitutional scholars amounts to trying to read Sandra Day O'Connor's mind?" [It]was about as close as I ever heard him come to being snarky.' Why *do* the job then? (Not trying to be snarky.) dorfonlaw.org/2025/07/rememb…
“Please, sir, may I have some more reasons?” nytimes.com/2025/07/16/us/…
I wrote about Jonathan Haslam's book (and Alexander Vindman's) and the origins of the Ukraine war harpers.org/archive/2025/0…
