December 05, 2013
Libertarianism and the Basic Income
Today, I did a short interview with Cato on the libertarian case for a Basic Income Guarantee, and published a much more substantive essay on that same topic at Cato’s…
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December 05, 2013
Stoney hearted libertarianism or bleeding heart libertarianism?
I recently had a discussion with another libertarian philosopher who thought “bleeding heart libertarianism” made no more sense then “stoney hearted libertarianism.” Needless to say, I’m not convinced. The issue…
December 05, 2013
If the Facts Were Different
Ross Levatter wrote a long reply to an earlier post of mine. David Henderson mistakenly approves. Thought experiments, how do they work? Despite Levatter’s lengthy reply, the issue here is really…
November 27, 2013
Spontaneous Order and Social Justice
[Editor’s Note: The following essay was written by Carlo Cordasco as part of BHL’s “New Voices” program. Carlo is currently a PhD student in politics at the University of Sheffield, where he…
November 21, 2013
Two Cato Podcasts
I recently recorded two podcasts with the Cato Institute in which BHL readers might be interested. The first is an hour long discussion on Libertarians and the Poor with Aaron…
November 20, 2013
Sufficientarian Liberalism
A common thread on this blog is the thought that free markets are preferable to various forms of state intervention if our aims are, not only to achieve prosperity, but…