Political Theory

Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on April 21, 2005 in Auburn, Alabama.

Since the celebrated "Republican Revolution" in 1994, writes Laurence Vance, the Republicans in Congress have not rolled back the welfare state one inch.

Hans Hoppe writes: "If I made one mistake, it was that I was too cooperative and waited too long to go on the offensive."
 

This year marks the 100th anniversary of Ayn Rand's birth. Her books sold in the millions and were most effective in transforming a generation of readers into ardent anti-communists and strong capitalists.

Father Webster and Professor Cole have spoiled what could have been an excellent book; Laurence Vance, besides much else in his remarkable collection of essays, helps us see what is wrong with it.

When I first saw Politics and Passion, I was inclined to toss it aside. "Just what we need," I sneered: "a more egalitarian liberalism." 

Thomas Nagel’s valiant attempt to defend John Rawls’s restricted scope for global justice has a valuable, and I am sure unintentional, consequence.

Politcal movements often find themselves hypnotized by the prospect of power and passively obeying the commands of the state to dance, sing, and otherwise perform according to the state’s bidding.

Before sober minds can consider the difficult matter of anarchism, writes Robert Murphy, we first need to clear away the confusion.