April 18, 2014
Crony Capitalism and Crony Communism
Most libertarians have probably had something like the following conversation: COM: “Hey, I’ve got this neat idea for how to make the world a better place. It’s called communism! What do…
Author: Matt Zwolinski
April 15, 2014
Ayn Rand’s Theory of Rights – A Critique
It usually begins with Ayn Rand, wrote Jerome Tuccille back in 1972, and so it did with me. My first exposure to libertarianism was Rand’s novel, The Fountainhead, and it didn’t take long…
April 14, 2014
Monday Morning Links
Dan Bier (aka The Skeptical Libertarian) asks: “Should Homophobes be Fired?“ John McCaskey on “The New Libertarians: New Promoters of a Welfare State“ Chandran Kukathas and Christopher Wellman debate open…
April 10, 2014
Liberty in the Academic Journals
Keeping up with new articles in the academic journals can be difficult. Especially for those of us with an interdisciplinary interest in liberty, it often feels like there are just…
April 08, 2014
Welcome, Chris Freiman!
I’m pleased to announce that we’ve added another blogger to our rolls. Christopher Freiman, who recently wrote a nice piece for us on Vote Markets, will join us as a regular…
March 11, 2014
CFP: The Current State of Libertarian Philosophy
Andreas Wolkenstein writes to inform me that he is organizing a workshop on “The Current State of Libertarian Philosophy” at MANCEPT 2014 (Manchester, UK, September 8-10, 2014). Check out the…