Philosophy and Methodology

I’ve never been a privacy freak. A tax freak, yes.

Some of the responses to my post on General Pinochet have reminded me that along with the f

Public goods are a cover for coercion, and public high school football is a private good funded by someone else's tax bill. Don't believe otherwise.

One argument against intellectual property is that property rights should be recognized only in scarce (rivalrous) resources.

Indeed, global capitalism makes bureaus such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission even more unnecessary.

In a recent email, Walter Block wrote, responding some pessimistic comments I had about our libertarian movement:

In “Dilemmas of an Economic Theorist” (Econometrica, July 2006) A

A feature of conservative thought that I’ve never entirely understood is its persistent anti-technology theme.

The following is from

His faith in the state is touching, but the policy he favors will lead to the deaths of many more Iraqis and Americans. Haven’t we killed enough?