August 04, 2012
New Video on Democratic and Market Freedom
“Why do you need the right to decide how you spend your own money,” asks Jason Brennan. “You can vote!”
Author: Matt Zwolinski
August 02, 2012
Forgotten Libertarians of American History
The great historian of classical liberalism, Steve Davies, has an excellent new podcast on “Forgotten Libertarians of American History” (podcast and a somewhat garbled transcript available through the link). Davies…
July 30, 2012
Liz Anderson on Social Democracy and Libertarianism
I just finished listening to Elizabeth Anderson’s Dewey Lecture in Law and Philosophy at the University of Chicago, on “Tom Paine and the Ironies of Social Democracy.” It’s a great…
July 24, 2012
(Sweat)Shop Talk
On Tuesday, August 7th, at 8PM EST, I’ll be live at LearnLiberty.org, answering questions about the ethics and politics of sweatshop labor. You can find more information and RSVP at the…
July 20, 2012
Reading The Ethics of Liberty, Part 2 – Rothbard on Natural Law
Most people are comfortable thinking about libertarianism in connection with the idea of natural rights. And Rothbard’s form of libertarianism is, indeed, a natural rights position. But it is also a position…
July 17, 2012
Exploitation, Crony Capitalism, and the State
Everybody knows what Marx thought about capitalism and exploitation. But if you think that a powerful state is the solution to the problem of exploitation, perhaps you ought to familiarize…