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Author: Kevin Vallier

October 04, 2014

The Contrarian Trap: The Source of the Liberty Movement’s Dark Side

If you have the stomach for it, you might consider reading Hans Hermann Hoppe’s recent attack on all left-libertarians (which I won’t link to). It is the most remarkable combination…

September 22, 2014

The Extraordinary Persistence of Social Hierarchy in Westeros

In my third and final post on the political economy of Westeros, I want to address a question that has bothered me about A Song of Ice and Fire since…

September 10, 2014

The Scope of Religious Exemptions (April 17-18, 2015)

We’re running another cool conference at BGSU. Submit! CALL FOR ABSTRACTS The Bowling Green Workshop in Applied Ethics and Public Policy The Scope of Religious Exemptions April 17th-18th, 2015  The…

August 31, 2014

The Iron Throne: A Feudal Monarchy with Diminishing Modern Power

In my next “Political Economy of A Song and Ice and Fire” series, I’d like to figure out what sort of monarchy Westeros has. But before I begin, SPOILER NOTE….

August 19, 2014

The Great Stagnation in Westeros

I’ve decided to write a bit about some of the political and economic questions raised in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire novels, which I love…

July 15, 2014

The Prospects for a Pro-Life Libertarianism

Imagine for the purposes of this post that personhood begins at conception, as many pro-lifers believe. Imagine further that you’re a standard self-ownership libertarian, who believes that all people, fetuses…

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