April 17, 2012
Want Higher Taxes? Pay Them Yourself.
As a classical liberal, I believe that government can sometimes act in ways that help people to lead lives that are happier, healthier, and more secure. The problem, though, is…
April 17, 2012
BHL, Liberal-tarianism and Complicated Theories: A Reply to Doherty and Seavey
Brian Doherty has written a nice, thoughtful essay, “Can Libertarians Learn to Love Social Justice?” where he reviews some of the recent discussion about BHL and traditional-L over at Cato…
April 16, 2012
Baboons Build Their Own Cages, Don’t They?
I wasn’t much of a student in HS and before — my attentions were directed elsewhere — but I had a few highlight moments where the material and ideas being…
April 16, 2012
BHL Symposium on Libertarianism and Land April 23-27
Libertarians believe in self-ownership. But what about the ownership of external resources? Can individuals legitimately acquire permanent bequeathable property rights in land by “mixing their labor” with it? Or does…
April 13, 2012
Market Democracy and Bleeding Heart Libertarianism: Trivial, Boring, and Empty
I’m a big fan of Tomasi’s new book. However, rather than promote it, I’ll attack it. Worse, for this exercise, I’ll be unfair. I’ll articulate some objections that I believe…
April 13, 2012
Can you sell your future self into slavery?
Liberty of contract is a really important right, and legal restrictions on liberty of contract are offensively paternalistic, and are sometimes racist or sexist attempts to entrench the advantage of…