50% off sale at OUP

And free shipping over $150. See here. Use promotion code HOLIDAYSALE15 at checkout. I mean, if I were a faithful BHL reader, I might go on a shopping spree that…

The Dreary Utopia of the Socialists

David Gordon reviews Why Not Capitalism here, in a cogent review in which he also advances novel criticisms of Cohen’s work. An excerpt: Finally, it is worth pointing out that Cohen…

Scholars Without Borders

Sarah Skwire and I, along with a group of friends, have started a new project and associated website: Scholars Without Borders. I reprint our statement of purpose immediately below and…

Thoughts on Munger on Locke on Trump on Religion

Two replies to Mike’s post below. First, and less important: I am no longer persuaded that Locke’s “mufti” passage, or the general discussion of foreign princes, is meant to convey…

Donald Trump, John Locke, and Religious Toleration

Donald Trump has recently said, in a variety of forums and using a a variety of verbal saltados, that people who believe in Allah, the Muslim version of God, should…

Keep on Truckin’ (and Barterin’ and Exchangin’)

Murray Rothbard famously (well, famously in libertarian circles) condemned Adam Smith for positing an “an alleged irrational and innate ‘propensity to truck, barter and exchange’, as if human beings were…

December 15, 2015