June 27, 2014
Why Living on the Dole Is Bad for You
In a post last week, Jessica Flanigan takes me to task for my opposition to a universal basic income. Because I worry that a UBI would further encourage mass idleness,…
All posts in: Libertarianism
June 26, 2014
More on Lomasky, Taxation, and Reasonable Disagreement
Judging from some of the comments here and on Facebook, some people have misunderstood the point that Loren’s argument (excerpted in my last post) was meant to establish. Loren is…
June 26, 2014
Loren Lomasky: Taxation is Not Theft
I recently had occasion to re-read Loren Lomasky’s wonderful article, “Libertarianism as if (the other 99 Percent of) People Mattered.” I wish I could find an un-gated version of it online,…
June 23, 2014
Libertarians, Social Media, and Whose Lawn is it Anyway?
Those of you who have been following the various Facebook discussions about young libertarians and social media, cranky old libertarians telling them to get off their lawn, and the importance…
June 22, 2014
Eric Mack on Robert Nozick at the SEP
Over at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Eric Mack has an excellent (and long overdue) new entry on Robert Nozick’s political philosophy. The essay covers Nozick’s theory of rights as…
June 20, 2014
Socialism ≠ Love and Kindness; Capitalism ≠ Greed and Fear
Last year, I presented Why Not Capitalism at two APAs and a few universities. To my surprise and delight, the most common reaction (from my usually left-wing colleagues) was, “Oh, wow,…