February 18, 2014
A Very Short Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
With apologies to Jean-Jacques Rousseau. “The first person who, having donned a crown of gold, took it into his head to say ‘I am king’ and found people simple enough to…
Author: Matt Zwolinski
February 01, 2014
How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed, Jeffrey Sachs Edition
I hope that most readers of our blog are already fans of Russ Roberts’ excellent Econtalk podcast. But in case you missed it, be sure to check out this excellent interview with…
January 22, 2014
Rothbard the Bleeding Heart?
I’ve been re-reading Murray Rothbard’s For a New Liberty in preparation for a seminar I’m teaching this semester on contemporary libertarian philosophical thought. It’s probably been at least ten years since…
January 11, 2014
CFP: Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy
Via David Sobel and Peter Vallentyne, here’s a Call for Papers for the Second Annual Workshop for Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy: Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that…
January 08, 2014
Basic Income Roundup
Since my last post here on libertarianism and Basic Income Guarantees (BIGs), I’ve written a few more pieces on the topic over at Libertarianism.org. Now that the holidays are over,…
January 02, 2014
Nozick on Free Enterprise
The United States broke away from mercantilist England and stood, though imperfectly, for liberty (including economic liberty) and for property rights. These two ideals are right not only for their economic and productive fruits…