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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 21, 2012

A Libertarian Rehabilitation of Hobbes

I think that libertarian hostility to Hobbes has blinded them to one of his deepest insights, an insight that in many ways makes him less authoritarian than many of the…

February 13, 2012

Political Philosophy’s Fundamental Question

In this post, my aim is to identify political philosophy’s fundamental question. Yes, I want to attempt this in a blog post, so my answer will undoubtedly be radically incomplete….

January 30, 2012

Peron on Libertarians and the Left

Over at the terrific Moorfield Storey Blog, James Peron weighs in on a subject near-and-dear to the BHL Project: “Why Libertarians Need to Talk With the Left and How to Do…

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…

January 16, 2012

Why Libertarianism Needs our Adjective, Jeff Sachs Version

Over the weekend, my good friend Pete Boettke wondered why it was necessary for us to call ourselves “Bleeding Heart Libertarians” when the whole history of classical liberalism (from Smith…

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