January 04, 2015
The Uneasy Marriage of Liberty and Democracy
Michael Huemer writes that if seven friends at the bar decide by a vote of 6 to 1 that you should pay for everyone’s drinks, you are not obligated to…
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January 01, 2015
The Best Argument against Libertarianism
In honor of the New Year, let’s begin with a bit of epistemic hygiene. In your opinion, what’s the best argument against libertarianism? What’s the argument against libertarianism that keeps you…
December 24, 2014
MOLINARI REVIEW: New Journal and Call for Papers
The Molinari Institute is pleased to announce a new interdisciplinary, open-access libertarian academic journal, the MOLINARI REVIEW, edited by me. We’re looking for articles, sympathetic or critical, in and on…
December 15, 2014
Does Market Democracy Sanction Class Domination?
Free Market Fairness (FMF) presents a fusionist theory of liberal justice, one affirming both private economic liberty and social justice. I call this market democracy. In a symposium on FMF…
December 12, 2014
Critical Review Symposium on Free Market Fairness
Things have been a little slow here at BHL lately. I imagine things will pick up now that the academic term is drawing to a close. But if you’ve been…
October 04, 2014
The Contrarian Trap: The Source of the Liberty Movement’s Dark Side
If you have the stomach for it, you might consider reading Hans Hermann Hoppe’s recent attack on all left-libertarians (which I won’t link to). It is the most remarkable combination…