From the monthly archives: April 2011
Poverty and the State
By Gary Chartier On April 16, 2011 · 43 Comments · In Left-libertarianism, Libertarianism, Social Justice
Apologists for the state often suggest that the state is essential if people are to be protected against deprivation resulting from accident, disaster, or injustice. I’m not persuaded that they’re right that state anti-poverty programs are needed to deal with the problem of poverty. The problem of poverty is systemic; but eliminating the [...]
I was interviewed by a journalist at PBS's Need to Know. Read it here. (Incidentally, the journalist asked very sharp questions, and it turns out he was a philosophy major.)
I took down my original post. It was misleading and was getting hostile responses. People assumed I’m some big Ayn Rand fan and was whining that she didn’t get the credit she deserved. Nope.
(For an excellent and thorough rebuttal of Rand’s philosophy, see Michael Heumer here.)
So let’s try this again.
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It's come to my attention that at least some people who subscribe to our RSS feed are having a problem where all posts are listed as being authored by me, Matt Zwolinski. I'm not sure yet whether this is a problem with Typepad or with Google's Feedburner service, and haven't yet figured out how to [...]
I've noticed, in a few comments on different posts, that some readers are attracted to views that reject the existence of objectivity. Roughly speaking, something is objectively true if its truth does not depend on any particular person as knower or any particular group as knowers. Put differently, if proposition P is objectively true, it [...]
Bleeding-Heart Libertarians for Redistribution
By Gary Chartier On April 12, 2011 · 36 Comments · In Left-libertarianism, Libertarianism, Social Justice
Libertarians ought to be in favor of redistribution. Especially ones with bleeding hearts.
Not redistribution by the state, to be sure. A state with the power to redistribute wealth is a state with the power to tyrannize. In addition, there’s no reason to trust the state not to use redistributive power to enrich the wealthy [...]
As I mentioned a little while ago, one of my plans for this blog is an occasional series on the history of libertarian thought. I’m working on the first post now – on John Locke – and expect to put it up within the next week. But before I get started with the series itself, [...]
The Molinari Society has posted a call for papers on anarchism for the 2011 Eastern APA. Submissions joyously solicited!
Excerpt:
In fact, the average African-trained member of the American Medical Association left his or her country of training well over five years after earning the Medical Doctor degree—as I learned when I surveyed them. Thus an African country that has [...]
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