Is there such a thing as a libertarian education policy? I have always been partial to J.S. Mill’s suggestion that (a) people should be allowed to educate their children how…
A few weeks ago, ThinkProgress published an exposé of the allegedly ugly roots of Rand Paul’s “libertarianism.” The title of the piece tells you all you need to know: “Rand Paul’s…
I’m currently compiling a list of examples of pro-market arguments in the academic literature that are based on the benefits of trade to the trading parties. I’m especially interested in…
When students first learn about Rawls’s difference principle, they often assume Rawls intends the principle to be applied directly to every transaction. I can’t accept a pay raise unless this…
Call for Abstracts for the Molinari Society’s next Eastern Symposium, to be held in conjunction with the American Philosophical Association Eastern Division meeting, January 6-9, 2016, in Washington DC. (Note…
I’ve recently finished an early ms of Gerald Gaus’s next book, The Tyranny of the Ideal, which argues, among other things, that we need to know the shape of the…