October 15, 2012
The Most Significant 500 Words You Will Read All Day
I’ve been reading up on the idea of spontaneous order lately, and came across this gem from James Buchanan. I found it through Don Boudreaux, who refers to it as…
Month: October 2012
October 15, 2012
In Case You Were Feeling at All Patriotic…
…here are some news stories to fix that. Let’s bully some anarchists and send them to jail. http://www.salon.com/2012/10/11/third_northwest_activist_jailed_for_staying_silent/singleton/ Oops! Did we raid the wrong house, again? http://www2.wjbf.com/news/2012/oct/12/richmond-county-sheriffs-investigators-raid-wrong-ar-4742125/ I’m sure most…
October 12, 2012
A Political Liberal Interpretation of Liberal Neutrality
Brink Lindsey ends his recent post with the following question, one that continues to plague political philosophy, If liberal neutrality does have limits, where are they and how do you…
October 10, 2012
Free Libertarian Philosophy!
Those outside of academic philosophy departments might not have heard of it, but Social Philosophy and Policy is one of my favorite journals. More than any other journal I know, they consistently…
October 10, 2012
Is the US the Most Economically Libertarian Country?
More from Libertarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know. Most people assume the United States is the most economically libertarian country. Not so. Even though the US has the highest number (in…
October 09, 2012
Human Capitalism’s Inconvenient Implications
The argument I make in Human Capitalism (see this prior post for a quick summary) raises uncomfortable questions across the ideological spectrum – and the corresponding philosophical spectrum as well….