July 05, 2013
Robin and the Austrians Revisited II: Anatomy of a Hayek Fail
This post is my second reply to Robin’s defense of his piece in The Nation. It focuses on Robin’s reading of Hayek. It’s long, and for a reason. I want…
July 02, 2013
Robin and the Austrians Revisited: On “Elective Affinities,” “Value,” and Other Conceptual Disasters
Corey Robin has replied to (mostly my) criticisms of his piece in The Nation linking Hayek and the Austrians with Nietzsche. To prepare for this post, I reread the original…
July 01, 2013
Molyneuxveau Arguments for the NAP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwrsKGzcZLM Stefan Molyneux has released a long video responding to the critique of the Non-Aggression Principle (NAP) I published at Libertarianism.org earlier this year. The first few minutes, in which…
June 27, 2013
Power is a Shadow that Kills
Varys smiled. “Here, then. Power resides where men believe it resides. No more and no less.” “So power is a mummer’s trick?” “A shadow on the wall,” Varys murmured, “yet shadows can…
June 26, 2013
Rape, Work, and Friedrich Hayek
Yesterday in my inbox I found a message announcing an upcoming episode of Frontline that explores “the reality of rape on the job” for immigrant workers in American fields, farms and…
June 22, 2013
Elsewhere: Stocker on Adam Smith and distributive justice
See here and here. See also Stocker on Smith on justice and Stocker on Smith on pessimism.