Roderick Long raises some important concerns about my defense of sweatshops. I’m short on time, preparing for the symposium on John Tomasi’s book next week, but I wanted to get…
I. Rothbard vs. Nozick Hoppe’s lengthy introduction to the 1998 edition of The Ethics of Liberty begins by describing the book as Rothbard’s second magnum opus, the first being Man,…
Bertram wrote this. Caplan just wrote this.* Caplan employs a common argumentative tactic. The left will often make certain arguments trying to show why we should limit economic liberty. However,…
Corey Robin and Chris Bertram have both recently claimed that libertarianism is insufficiently responsive to concerns about private power – especially the power employers wield over their employees. If libertarians…
Colleagues, A while ago (around our disagreements about May Day) I had an exchange with Fernando about labor unions. I’ve been thinking about this again recently, partly as a result…
Hello there, Sorry for the long absence. As my students might say, I’ve had some personal ‘issues.’ Anyway, I am linking to Will Wilkinson’s blog post of an argument by…