September 27, 2013
Self-Ownership and the Right to Say “No”
Speaking of Dan Russell, and speaking of self-ownership, if you don’t follow Dan’s work, you should. Here’s his webpage at the University of Arizona. Here’s his most recent book on…
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September 27, 2013
Who Said It?
I was lucky enough to spend yesterday in Tucson, talking with George Smith, Roderick Long, Kevin Vallier, Dan Russell, David Schmidtz, Charles Johnson and others about the history of libertarianism…
September 18, 2013
Imagine Central Planning. It’s Easy If You Try.
Some moral and political theories are completely insensitive to consequences. These moral theories are crazy; I dismiss them with prejudice. Any sensible moral or political theory has some concern for…
September 18, 2013
Imagine Markets Stink. It’s Easy if You Try.
Ross Levatter at libertarianism.org attempts but fails to take me to task for asking the following question: Imagine that a bunch of economists provide compelling evidence that life in a…
September 15, 2013
George Smith’s The System of Liberty
Liberty Matters is hosting a discussion this month on George H. Smith’s book, The System of Liberty: Themes in the History of Classical Liberalism. It kicks off with an introductory…
September 01, 2013
A Note on Same-Sex Marriage and Social Change
Some readers may recall this post of mine from a few months back where I reprinted an older blog post from 2008 about why I thought legalizing same-sex marriage mattered…