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Author: Peter Boettke

February 27, 2012

From Capitalism and Freedom to Free to Choose — Milton Friedman’s defense of liberalism

Capitalism and Freedom was published in 1962 without much fanfare, though it has since stood the test of time.  But Free to Choose was an international sensation when it was published in…

February 23, 2012

Can a Defense of Liberalism Be Based on Our Ignorance?

Last week in my Constitutional Economics class we discussed Hayek’s The Constitution of Liberty (1960).  My favorite chapter in that book is Chapter 2, “The Creative Powers of a Free Civilization.”…

February 08, 2012

On the Relationship Between Economics and Philosophy

I am teaching a course this term which is basically an examination of modern libertarian political philosophy and political theory  for PhD students in economics.  But, I am also teaching…

January 26, 2012

The Liberalism of Classical Liberalism

I want to thank Matt for the invitation to blog through the semester at BHL. And contrary to Steve Horwitz’s depiction I don’t roll my eyes at the phase “bleeding…

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