May 22, 2012
Hayek Was Not Dumb
In my previous post I tried to figure out how, across Hayek’s writings as a whole, he could simultaneously support institutions that we commonly think of as part of a…
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May 15, 2012
The Administrative State vs. the Social Insurance State
In Libertarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know, I examine the question of which country is the most libertarian. I argue briefly that while the United States has the highest percentage…
May 11, 2012
Gender Rights
In the wake of North Carolina’s awfulness, I thought I’d share some happy LGBT news. On Wednesday Argentina passed a law that protects citizens’ rights of gender self-determination. From the…
May 07, 2012
Inheritance
I don’t believe the following three arguments are definitive, but I think they are interesting. I have taken them–or the roots of them–from an article on the topic by D.W. Haslett…
May 02, 2012
May Day? Pretty Bad
I was not planning to blog about this, but I must take the pen to support Ilya Somin and Jason Brennan against their critics, in particular fellow blogger Roderick Long…
March 26, 2012
A Paradox and 2 Sorts of Liberalism
In Kevin’s recent post, responding to Jessica’s prior post, Kevin discusses what he calls “the paradox of toleration.” There are actually multiple paradoxes of toleration. Arguably, the most important of…