May 01, 2012
Two Marxist Premises
Consider the following Marxist argument: Economic freedom and private property in the means of production immiserate almost everyone. If some economic regime X immiserates almost everyone, then, pro tanto, X…
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April 30, 2012
The Conversation at Cato Unbound
My final contribution to the conversation at Cato Unbound is now up. Here, from the Cato Unbound site, is the complete index of the discussion. Peruse at your leisure! Lead…
April 30, 2012
BHL’s & UBI’s
I support a Universal Basic Income (UBI), and I think that other libertarians ought to as well. Earlier, Jason sketched the difference between ‘hard libertarians’ and BHL, but didn’t give…
April 27, 2012
No Alternative to Public Revenue from Land Rent
Finer points aside, nobody has offered a specific and coherent and realistic more efficient and equitable alternative for public revenue than land rent or land value.
April 27, 2012
The Evil of Bleeding Heart Libertarianism
Some dude name Todd Seavey thinks bleeding heart libertarianism is evil. See here and here. I’ve read those two posts a few times, and my most charitable reconstruction of his argument…
April 27, 2012
Land From The Ground Up
Our days are a vast, intricate, evolving dance of mutual understandings.[1. I’m cobbling together threads of articles I’ve written on property. Please visit http://www.davidschmidtz.com/ for more. I have never written…