Does the Name “Ayn Rand” Ring a Bell?
In his New York Times column of June 3, Joseph Nocera asks
Philosophy and Methodology
Displaying 2031 - 2040 of 2628
4. Libertarian Applications to Current Problems: The Problems
From the book For A New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto, as narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
3. The State
From the book For A New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto, as narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
Thoughts on Intellectual Property, Scarcity, Labor-ownership, Metaphors, and Lockean Homesteading
The following edited comments are excerpted from a recent email discussion with Walter Block and one of his correspondents, a Philosophy Professor
2. The Libertarian Creed: Property and Exchange
From the book For A New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto, as narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
Are you a decentralist libertarian or a centralist who wants to impose liberty (and ends up creating despotism)?
Here is a test case to separate decentralist libertarians, who believe that divided sovereignty is the best long-run protection for liberty, from t
RatesRise, Lines Lengthen at the ol’ PO
I don’t mean to pick on the US Postal Service, but I must admit to a strong (but not yet clinical) obsession with monopolies — especially tho
In Defense of Procrastination
Most years, the millions of last minute tax filers make April 15 National Procrastination Day.
Against Polanyi-centrism: Hayek and the Re-emergence of “Spontaneous Order”
F.A. Hayek is known for making a number of important contributions to economics and social thought. If one had to identify a single concept that captures the thrust of Hayek’s intellectual project it would be “spontaneous order.”
Frontiers of Justice: Disability, Nationality, Species Membership, by Martha C. Nussbaum
Martha Nussbaum’s Frontiers of Justice is one of the oddest books I have ever reviewed. Nussbaum is a well-known philosopher, and she raises some issues that are well worth our consideration;
