Suppose–purely hypothetically–a prominent politician uses the following argument to explain why we should pay more taxes: If you are rich, you relied upon background infrastructure, social norms, institutions, the rule…
This is an old post from last year, but it is appropriate again: We often equate freedom with an absence of constraints, impediments, or interference. For instance, you have free…
Bertram and company’s criticisms of BHL have gotten some attention. Some of my fellow BHLs think their arguments are important. I’m not as impressed. I think their arguments miss the…
Before the ACA decision, I wrote this cynical take on academic con law. Josh Chafetz at Cornell Law School sent me the following reply in an email, which he gave…
From the Wall Street Journal and Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom: DENMARK: Property Rights 90.0 Business Freedom 99.1 Labor Freedom …
The Supreme Court will soon release its decision on ObamaCare. I have no dog in this fight–I have no opinion as to whether it is constitutional or not. (Actually, I…