“Taxes are theft!” Maybe. But that’s a conclusion, not a premise. Some people think it’s amazingly simple to argue for anarcho-capitalist libertarianism. They think anarcho-capitalist libertarianism follows straightforwardly and directly…
Ross Levatter wrote a long reply to an earlier post of mine. David Henderson mistakenly approves. Thought experiments, how do they work? Despite Levatter’s lengthy reply, the issue here is really…
I work at a Jesuit institution. The Jesuits I’ve met have been, for the most part, awesome people. But, for whatever reasons, Jesuits tend to study Marxian pseudo-economics when they…
I did a Podcast with Cato, published today on this topic. The discussion is of course heavily indebted to John Simmons, David Hume, and Michael Huemer, as I’m using many of…
In a previous post on designer babies, I argue that allowing the rich to purchase luxury goods has the benefit of making those goods available to most people in the…
The major libertarian argument against social justice goes as follows: The Spontaneous Order Argument: The distribution of goods, wealth, and opportunities on a free market is not the product of…