December 21, 2012
On the Right to Own a Gun
In light of the recent calls for a “national conversation” about gun violence and gun control, and in light of the admiration that some of us here at BHL have…
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December 17, 2012
An excerpt from my review of Free Market Fairness
The review is part of a symposium I’ve edited for The Journal of Politics; it includes reviews by Sheri Berman, Eric MacGilvray, Robert S. Taylor, and myself, and a reply…
December 17, 2012
Why Social Justice?
In a market economy, no one literally distributes the wealth. But that doesn’t mean the concept of social justice is nonsense. Matt explains why:
December 14, 2012
On Rothbard and Different Kinds of Libertarians
Recall that Smith was disatisfied by my non-treatment of Rothbard. He wrote, Nor are any of Rothbard’s writings, such as For a New Liberty, listed in “Suggestions for Further Reading.”…
December 12, 2012
Property-Owning Democracy is Unjust
In my on-going series on Property-Owning Democracy (POD), I have explained the idea of a POD, examined the case for POD and argued that POD is unworkable. In this post,…
December 11, 2012
Who Are the New Student Libertarians?
As I’ve said before, I think it’s a pretty exciting time to be a libertarian on a college campus – whether as a student or professor. And a great deal…