October 17, 2012
On China
Adam Smith devotes book IV of The Wealth of Nations to refuting an economic ideology he labels “mercantilism”. If you watched last night’s debates, you see that even today, mercantilism remains…
Year: 2012
October 16, 2012
Is Philosophy Unreliable?
Here’s a link to one of my favorite papers, “Scepticism about Philosophy,” published in Ratio. Here’s the abstract: Suppose a person who is agnostic about most philosophical issues wishes to have…
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…
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…