Individualist Philosophy and Modern Institutions

Analyze Friedrich Hayek's defense of tradition and spontaneous order in 'The Constitution of Liberty' to explore the relationship between individualism and non-egalitarian structures.

Analyze Robert Nozick's entitlement theory of justice in 'Anarchy, State, and Utopia' to evaluate if a libertarian framework can accommodate institutions not based on individual merit or consent.

Assess the argument that modern 'meritocracy' has created a new form of aristocracy by analyzing Michael Sandel's critique in 'The Tyranny of Merit'.

Analyze the modern central banker as a Bagehot-style 'dignified' authority, evaluating how their independence and expertise function as a check on political and plutocratic power.

Analyze constitutional courts as a non-majoritarian institution, comparing the source of judicial authority to the 'rank' of historical aristocracies.