August 31, 2014
The Iron Throne: A Feudal Monarchy with Diminishing Modern Power
In my next “Political Economy of A Song and Ice and Fire” series, I’d like to figure out what sort of monarchy Westeros has. But before I begin, SPOILER NOTE….
Month: August 2014
August 30, 2014
CFP: Spontaneous Order in Economic and Political Thought from Smith to Hayek and Beyond
CALL FOR PAPERS The interdisciplinary journal Cosmos+Taxis is issuing a call for papers for its second conference on spontaneous orders, to be held at the Rochester Institute of Technology from…
August 29, 2014
A Fairy Tale for Friday
This is a beautifully done parable about the evils of the drug war. I wish the dragon had a less stupid name, but that is a tiny quibble about a…
August 28, 2014
Libertarians and the Conversation on Race
My monthly “The Calling” column over at the Future of Freedom Foundation might be of interest to BHL readers. I argue that libertarians should be part of the ongoing conversation…
August 25, 2014
A methodological point and its substantive implications
Methodological: Starting from the status quo at any given time, tax cuts, spending cuts, deregulation, free trade agreements, and privatization (group 1) are policy changes. That means that they must…
August 22, 2014
Should we sell kidneys on eBay?
Sometimes, some views are just so stupid that they need to be corrected. In yesterday’s New York Times Katrina A. Bramstedt, a professor of medical ethics at Australia’s Bond University…