June 07, 2012
Some news items
First. From the NY Times today: “At the same time that high crop prices are prompting farmers to expand into millions of acres of land once considered unsuitable for farming,…
Year: 2012
June 07, 2012
Reading The Ethics of Liberty, Part 1 – Hoppe’s Introduction
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,…
June 07, 2012
If You Want to Keep Dating Me, You’d Better Let Me Fuck You
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,…
June 07, 2012
Libertarianism and Private Power
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…
June 06, 2012
Thoughts on unions
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…
June 06, 2012
BHL Outreach … To Conservatives?
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…