June 08, 2018

Friday Links

Jessica Flanigan on Free Thoughts and Chris Freiman on the Rubin Report. Both highly recommended. Download a new and beautifully illustrated version of John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty, chapter 2,…

May 30, 2018

Effective Altruism for Open Borders?

Effective altruists say that, if you devote your time and resources to helping others, you ought to do the most good that you can. You should rely on rigorous evidence…

May 27, 2018

The Stoic Case Against Reading the News

The ancient Stoics believed that philosophy is a way of life. Like other ancient philosophers, the Stoics thought that philosophical principles could make your life better if applied appropriately. What…

May 25, 2018

The Case Against Education: Some Thoughts

My favorite book from this past year is Bryan Caplan’s The Case Against Education. Bryan Caplan is my intellectual hero and he’s probably influenced my views on politics and economics…

May 22, 2018

Against International Law’s Economic Agnosticism

International law does not generally protect economic liberties. By economic liberties I mean private property rights and freedom of contract, including the individual right to trade. Even if we could…

May 14, 2018

A Progressive Hayekian Economic Policy Agenda

As someone who sees himself as neither a libertarian nor a progressive, but who is sympathetic to both sides, I was pleased to recently discover the Bleeding Heart Libertarian blog…