June 20, 2012
More Tomasi commentary to come
Just a quick PSA before the symposium wraps up in the next few days. Now that the philosophers have had their say, political theorists and political scientists will have a…
Author: Jacob T. Levy
June 09, 2012
Can there be an agentic public choice theory?
This article by Randall Holcombe suggests that “the public chocie revolution has been stopped short of total victory” “because the lessons of public choice are ignored by policy makers and…
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…
May 23, 2012
The continuing history of bleeding-heart libertarianism
Antoine Claude Destutt de Tracy has a plausible claim to being the first libertarian, if by that word we understand something like the combination of rights theory, consent theory, and…
April 30, 2012
Against Social Justice
Jason Brennan writes Social justice is a moral standard by which some people judge political and economic institutions. Advocates of social justice believe the moral justification of our institutions depends…
April 02, 2012
A Bleeding-Heart History of Libertarianism
Over at Cato Unbound, our fearless leader Matt and our onetime guest-blogger John Tomasi write this month’s lead essay, “A Bleeding-Heart History of Libertarianism.” Co-blogger Roderick Long will be one…