Libertarianism…Starting Now!

Adam, a Native American, and George, an American of European descent, encounter each other on the street. Adam sees that George is carrying a shiny new Ipad 3.  So Adam…

A Paradox and 2 Sorts of Liberalism

In Kevin’s recent post, responding to Jessica’s prior post, Kevin discusses what he calls “the paradox of toleration.”  There are actually multiple paradoxes of toleration.  Arguably, the most important of…

Milton Friedman’s Classical Liberalism

Inspired by Pete Boettke’s semi-recent post, I’ve just finished re-reading Milton Friedman’s Capitalism and Freedom. It is a great work articulating and defending liberalism “in its original sense.” It is…