November 18, 2013
Welcome, Mike Munger!
He’s an actor. A podcaster. A blogger (twice over!). And in his spare time, he heads up the program in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Duke University. He’s Mike…
Author: Matt Zwolinski
November 14, 2013
Schmidtz on First Possession and Xenophobia
Just as we don’t do a lot of just-a-link posts around here, we don’t do a lot of just-a-quote posts, either. But as I was preparing for class today, I…
November 13, 2013
“New Voices” at BHL
Today, we’re launching a new feature at BHL called “New Voices.” The feature is designed to give promising younger writers, especially students, an opportunity to express their ideas on the…
November 10, 2013
Defending the Morality of Markets
Over the past few months, academic philosophers have published several essays on the internet criticizing libertarianism. First, there was Alex Rosenberg at 3:AM Magazine arguing that free markets can be…
October 28, 2013
Seven Cheers for Murray Rothbard
When I started Bleeding Heart Libertarians about two and a half years ago, it was never my intention to factionalize libertarians. I wasn’t trying to draw a line in the sand, and I wasn’t…
October 21, 2013
World Cup “Price Gouging”?
Following up on my post on price gouging and the poor, here’s a link to a story on Marketplace dealing with “price gouging” in Brazil. Except it’s not about ice…