Posts by: James Taylor
Bryan Caplan has recently argued that some of Mill’s arguments in On Liberty are “awful” and “cringeworthy” . But the arguments that he offers in support of this claim don’t justify it at all.
Here’s a recent podcast (from the Institute of Humane Studies’ Kosmos project) of me talking about markets in kidneys and children.
Enjoy!
There’s been a lot of talk about the Charles G. Koch Foundation’s funding of faculty positions at the Economics Department at FSU. Much of it has been critical, with it being variously claimed that the Foundation’s donation compromises academic integrity, violates academic freedom, has corrupted academia, and that the FSU economics department has “sold out” [...]
In the comments section on my earlier post “It’s Not Just About Markets” (the “it”, by the way, refers to libertarianism) Dan Kervick wrote “…since voluntary exchange is a routine aspect of life in almost every modern society, then if that’s all libertarianism boils down to, it doesn’t say much.” I was initially going to [...]
Sometimes when people hear I’m a libertarian they say “So, you’re in favor of corporations running the world?” or “But markets won’t solve everything!” Perhaps this identification of libertarianism with markets (and, by extension, corporations) stems from the early debate between Rawls and Nozick, with it being popularly understood that Rawls defended Government redistribution and [...]
Like my fellow Bleeding Hearts I’m surprised and delighted by the attention that this blog has been getting, both of which have made me feel rather guilty for not joining the conversation sooner.
The term “libertarian” has a rather fuzzy scope, with libertarians often bearing more of a family resemblance to each other than meeting [...]
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