September 19, 2014
Let 16-Year-Olds Vote?
I have a piece on CNN today about whether we should follow Scotland and let 16-year-olds and 17-year-olds vote. It’s a subversive piece. It’s easy to read it as advocating that…
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September 19, 2014
Self-Determination: Follow-up to Jason Brennan
The right of self-determination, despite the stirring rhetoric of its advocates, is profoundly illiberal. It is not a right against a state but a right to a state. It is…
September 15, 2014
The Limits of Secession
Outside libertarian circles, many believe that communities may democratically choose virtually any political and economic system they wish. The imminent Scotland vote (see James Taylor’s recent post) suggests some general…
September 13, 2014
Scottish Independence
On Thursday the people of Scotland will vote on whether or not to leave the United Kingdom. The usual classical liberal view of secession is that it’s a good thing….
August 31, 2014
The Iron Throne: A Feudal Monarchy with Diminishing Modern Power
In my next “Political Economy of A Song and Ice and Fire” series, I’d like to figure out what sort of monarchy Westeros has. But before I begin, SPOILER NOTE….
August 20, 2014
Unorganized Play, Ostrom Moments, and the Smoothing of Social Interaction
Libertarian social media have been all atwitter this afternoon with a Lenore Skenazy post at Reason that reports the results of a Reason-Rupe poll showing that: A whopping 83 percent…