September 03, 2011
Violence, Wars, and States
[UPDATE: Due to an error, comments were disabled on the original version of this post. It is being reposted with comments enabled.] Violence is bad news. Individuals should think twice…
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August 30, 2011
Libertarians In Jackboots?
Michael Lind’s recent article accusing libertarianism of being inherently pro-autocracy conflates two different issues. He notes that libertarians have often been skeptical of majoritarian democracy; he also notes that libertarians…
August 26, 2011
The Freeman Against State Capitalism
Bleeding-Heart Libertarians might find a great deal of potential interest in the upcoming month’s issue of The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty. I mention this partly for selfish (or at least…
August 23, 2011
The (Philosophical) Battle of Seattle: CFP for the Molinari Society Spring 2012 Symposium, “Explorations in Philosophical Anarchy (II)”
The Molinari Society is calling for papers. Your papers. In what may be of some interest to philosophically-inclined Bleeding Heart Libertarians: the Molinari Society (of which I am a member;…
August 22, 2011
I’m Against Free Trade Agreements Because I’m For Free Trade
A while ago at BHL, Andrew Cohen took notice of a New York Times article on some recent political compromises in the U.S. that might speed the passage of three…
August 18, 2011
Libertarian Anticapitalism
For most of the 20th century, American libertarians were mostly seen as — and mostly saw themselves as — defenders of capitalism. Was that an accurate view of 20th century…