October 31, 2013
Hayek on Hayek on Rawls
Obviously people on this blog like both Hayek and social justice. One thing we sometimes observe is that Hayek made kind remarks about Rawls’s conception of justice in Volume II…
Month: October 2013
October 31, 2013
Another conversation I had about a priori psychology
I previously discussed a conversation I had with a senior, well-known Austrian at a conference. Remarkably, I had a very similar fictional conversation this weekend with a fictional aproirist psychologist:…
October 30, 2013
When Libertarians Cry
Much has been written about Jonathan Haidt’s work on the psychology of political identity and the ways in which libertarians differ from liberals and conservatives. He found, among other things,…
October 28, 2013
Seven Cheers for Murray Rothbard
When I started Bleeding Heart Libertarians about two and a half years ago, it was never my intention to factionalize libertarians. I wasn’t trying to draw a line in the sand, and I wasn’t…
October 27, 2013
Political Psychology, Bias, and Being a Team Player
In the afterword of The Ethics of Voting, I wrote up a brief account of political bias and some measures one could take to overcome it (somewhat). An excerpt: Dangerous…
October 27, 2013
Von Mises vs. Rothbard: A Clarification
Some people have asked, if I think pure a priori economics cannot be used to defend actual markets, then how can I like von Mises but not Rothbard? After all,…