One of the most significant developments in contemporary libertarian thought has been the rise of “left-libertarianism,” a position which combines a (libertarian) support for free(d) markets with a trenchant (leftist) critique…
It’s been a bit of a glitchy week here for us at BHL. First, we learned that our RSS feed was malfunctioning, and had been for possibly quite some time….
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy has a new essay up on Friedrich Hayek. This is good news. Here’s some even better news: it is written by David Schmidtz. For those of you…
I’m pleased to announce that Michael Strong will be joining us as a guest blogger this week, writing about educational reform from a bleeding heart libertarian perspective. Michael Strong spent fifteen…
The welfare state is a relatively recent historical phenomenon. How did individuals and societies meet the needs of the poor before its emergence? And how might they deal with those…
I don’t always vote in presidential elections. And when I do, I don’t kid myself into thinking that my vote is going to make any measurable difference on the…