October 19, 2013
Price Gouging and the Poor
Suppose a hurricane hits your town and knocks out power. No power means no refrigeration, and no refrigeration means no ice. Of course, there’s still some ice left from before the storm,…
Author: Matt Zwolinski
October 16, 2013
Taxation Is Not Slavery
Today in the mail I received a copy of the movie, Amazing Grace, courtesy of the Foundation for Economic Education. The film tells the story of William Wilberforce and his struggle…
September 27, 2013
Self-Ownership and the Right to Say “No”
Speaking of Dan Russell, and speaking of self-ownership, if you don’t follow Dan’s work, you should. Here’s his webpage at the University of Arizona. Here’s his most recent book on…
September 27, 2013
Who Said It?
I was lucky enough to spend yesterday in Tucson, talking with George Smith, Roderick Long, Kevin Vallier, Dan Russell, David Schmidtz, Charles Johnson and others about the history of libertarianism…
September 21, 2013
Smith and Friedman on Morals, Mack on Hayek
Apropos Jason’s recent pair of posts on libertarianism and thought experiments, I thought readers might be interested in this debate between George Smith and David Friedman on the role of…
September 15, 2013
George Smith’s The System of Liberty
Liberty Matters is hosting a discussion this month on George H. Smith’s book, The System of Liberty: Themes in the History of Classical Liberalism. It kicks off with an introductory…