Posts by: Charles Johnson

The Freeman Against State Capitalism

By On August 26, 2011 · 5 Comments · In Left-libertarianism, Libertarianism, Social Justice

Bleeding-Heart Libertarians might find a great deal of potential interest in the upcoming month’s issue of The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty. I mention this partly for selfish (or at least self-promotional) reasons; one of the articles there — The Many Monopolies — is an article of mine. But if I’m [...]

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The (Philosophical) Battle of Seattle: CFP for the Molinari Society Spring 2012 Symposium, “Explorations in Philosophical Anarchy (II)”

By On August 23, 2011 · 2 Comments · In Academic Philosophy, Left-libertarianism

The Molinari Society is calling for papers. Your papers.

In what may be of some interest to philosophically-inclined Bleeding Heart Libertarians: the Molinari Society (of which I am a member; hence the blurbing) is holding a session in conjunction with the APA Pacific Division meeting in Seattle, April 4-7, 2012. (The [...]

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I’m Against Free Trade Agreements Because I’m For Free Trade

By On August 22, 2011 · 56 Comments · In Left-libertarianism, Social Justice

A while ago at BHL, Andrew Cohen took notice of a New York Times article on some recent political compromises in the U.S. that might speed the passage of three proposed “free trade” agreements (with South Korea, Colombia and Panama). Andrew takes notice of one of the provisions of the agreements — that [...]

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Libertarian Anticapitalism

By On August 18, 2011 · 92 Comments · In Exploitation, Left-libertarianism, Libertarianism, Social Justice

For most of the 20th century, American libertarians were mostly seen as — and mostly saw themselves as — defenders of capitalism. Was that an accurate view of 20th century libertarians were about? If accurate, is that a good thing about libertarianism, or a defect that should be amended and avoided?

Well, it depends. Specifically, [...]

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