May 20, 2011
Taxation and Slavery/Theft
In recent posts, Matt and Fernando talked about whether taxation was analogous to slavery. I thought I’d briefly say a little about this (now that I have returned from a…
Month: May 2011
May 19, 2011
Kant: Libertarian or Progressive?
This is a post for philosophers; my apologies to readers who have different interests. I want to suggest that, perhaps, libertarians can claim Kant as one of them. I don’t…
May 17, 2011
FSU and the Koch Kerfuffle
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…
May 16, 2011
More on Analogical Slavery
I agree with Matt that describing Obamacare as slavery is a bad analogy. However, I think it is important to insist on using the term “slavery” when it properly applies…
May 14, 2011
Libertarian Radicalism and Health Care “Slavery”
Rand Paul thinks universal health care involves slavery: “With regard to the idea of whether you have a right to healthcare, you have to realize what that implies. It’s not…
May 10, 2011
How Not to Argue for Libertarianism
Murray Rothbard believes that each person has a right of full self-ownership, and that if we were consistent in recognizing this fact and its implications, we would see that anarcho-capitalism…