Philosophy and Methodology
Displaying 2091 - 2100 of 2628
The Possibility of Private Law
Can free enterprise be the sole provider of law and justice? Robert Murphy, author of Chaos Theory, writes that the idea is often dismissed out of hand.
An Economic Analysis of Power
Michael Rozeff explains ways in which power comes to work its evil. A ruler is never as careful with public money as with his own.
2. Introduction to Libertarianism I
Block says he was a pinko commie type at 22 who believed that laissez-faire capitalism would result in mass starvation. Then, he met Ayn Rand and read Atlas Shrugged and Economics in One Lesson. Block says libertarianism is the non-aggression principle. Keep your mitts to yourself.
4. Introduction to Libertarianism II
Block continues to parse all of the cases of libertarianism found in his book, Defending the Undefendable. Privatization solves the tragedy of the commons scenarios. Rent control resulted in nobody building residential units.
6. Ronald Coase: A Libertarian Critique
There are many enemies of a free society. Some, like Ronald Coase, call themselves libertarians or free enterprisers. Block’s main critique of Coase is that Ronald Coase denies any private property rights. Coase deals with externalities through taxes only, but not with property rights at all.
Marginal Utility of Gold and Dr. Fekete
In addition to his rejection of the Misesean/Rothbardian critique of t
The end of the classroom as we know it
The Huntsville Times was prompted by Bill Gates’s good comments on education to interview others on the topic, and I was among them.
What We Mean by Decentralization
Lew Rockwell writes on how to square universal rights with radical decentralism in politics and globalization in economics.
