December 02, 2013
Is There a Duty to Obey the Law?
I did a Podcast with Cato, published today on this topic. The discussion is of course heavily indebted to John Simmons, David Hume, and Michael Huemer, as I’m using many of…
November 29, 2013
In Defense of Hobby Lobby
I’m busy finishing up my new book, Beyond Separation: Uniting Liberal Politics and Public Faith (Routledge, 2014), so I haven’t been blogging as much as usual. But a new Slate…
November 27, 2013
Spontaneous Order and Social Justice
[Editor’s Note: The following essay was written by Carlo Cordasco as part of BHL’s “New Voices” program. Carlo is currently a PhD student in politics at the University of Sheffield, where he…
November 26, 2013
The Pace of Technological Adoption is Speeding Up
In a previous post on designer babies, I argue that allowing the rich to purchase luxury goods has the benefit of making those goods available to most people in the…
November 21, 2013
Two Cato Podcasts
I recently recorded two podcasts with the Cato Institute in which BHL readers might be interested. The first is an hour long discussion on Libertarians and the Poor with Aaron…
November 21, 2013
Horwitz vs Reiman on Children and Parent’s Bad Economic Choices
In the LearnLiberty video above, our own Steve Horwitz debates Jeffrey Reiman about the need for government interference to help children whose parents have made choices that leave their children at…