What if libertarians wrote about Michael Lind the way he writes about libertarians? This post gives Michael Lind the Michael Lind treatment. Progressivism has long been a cover for the…
The American obsession with civil associations fascinated Alexis de Tocqueville. In his great work Democracy in America, he marveled that “Americans of all ages, all conditions, all minds constantly unite”…
Just in case people haven’t seen this yet, there’s a pretty awesome book symposium on Joseph Carens’ new book on immigration going on over at Crooked Timber. So far, three…
The debate about Piketty’s book remains unabated (see Steve Horwitz’s and Bas van der Vossen’s posts and references therein.) I cannot contribute to this debate because (with the exception of…
At Libertarianism.org, Jonathan Blanks asks “Why Aren’t There More Black Libertarians?” Here’s part of his answer. A common libertarian narrative involves looking backward to better times, back to the Founding…
Some general thoughts on the controversy over Piketty and his data. 1. We have no evidence he intentionally falsified data. There are problems and anomalies and questions about cherry-picking and the…