I. Rothbard vs. Nozick Hoppe’s lengthy introduction to the 1998 edition of The Ethics of Liberty begins by describing the book as Rothbard’s second magnum opus, the first being Man,…
Bertram wrote this. Caplan just wrote this.* Caplan employs a common argumentative tactic. The left will often make certain arguments trying to show why we should limit economic liberty. However,…
Corey Robin and Chris Bertram have both recently claimed that libertarianism is insufficiently responsive to concerns about private power – especially the power employers wield over their employees. If libertarians…
Colleagues, A while ago (around our disagreements about May Day) I had an exchange with Fernando about labor unions. I’ve been thinking about this again recently, partly as a result…
We BHLers are getting noticed by a wider array of groups (hopefully by more once we kick off Tomasi-fest). It’s exciting in part because we are increasingly setting the terms…
Hello there, Sorry for the long absence. As my students might say, I’ve had some personal ‘issues.’ Anyway, I am linking to Will Wilkinson’s blog post of an argument by…