Some excerpts from Libertarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know. On the dangers of restricting “offensive speech”. In a free society, everyone has the right to offend others. A society in which…
…it’s an abuse of language to infer he was actually making actionable threats against anyone. As the president of the University of Rhode Island, it is your responsibility not to…
I’m currently writing Compulsory Voting: For and Against with Lisa Hill. After that, though, I’m doing another single-authored book. My working title when I sent the proposal to the publisher…
In a market economy, no one literally distributes the wealth. But that doesn’t mean the concept of social justice is nonsense. Matt explains why:
Recall that Smith was disatisfied by my non-treatment of Rothbard. He wrote, Nor are any of Rothbard’s writings, such as For a New Liberty, listed in “Suggestions for Further Reading.”…
UPDATE (2:18 pm): A couple more points: In the What Everyone Needs to Know series, we’re not supposed to take a hard stand. I’m not trying to convert anyone. I’m just…