August 08, 2016
CNN Op-Ed on Gary Johnson’s Libertarian Campaign
I forgot to post this last week, but I’ve got a short piece on the Johnson/Weld Libertarian campaign at CNN. The basic idea – familiar enough to readers of BHL,…
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August 05, 2016
Interview on Hayek’s Modern Family at Libertarianism.org
I had a fun chat with Trevor Burrus and Aaron Ross Powell on the “Free Thoughts” podcast at libertarianism.org discussing Hayek’s Modern Family. You can find it here.
July 26, 2016
You Can’t Get There From Here? A Reply to Magness
Phil Magness replies to my post by advancing a new argument that while the UBI might be a fine policy, we can’t get to it from our present circumstances. If…
July 25, 2016
The UBI in Non-Ideal Theory and Ideal Theory
Phil Magness has complained, at length, on Facebook that proponents of a universal basic income (UBI) like myself have failed to grasp with various “public choice” problems that would surely…
July 08, 2016
CHANGE
Think nothing can be done? Vote for Gary Johnson. Let’s work on getting moralistic and paternalistic laws off the books so that there is less policing in the first place….
July 02, 2016
Virtue and the Limits of Knowledge
I’m glad we are having this discussion about virtue and libertarianism. In general outline, I’m fine with the general thesis Sorens and Ruger propound that virtue and liberty are compatible…