Anarchy, State and Utopia: Robustly against Redistributive Taxation for 50 Years

Robert Nozick’s classic of political philosophy Anarchy, State, and Utopia turns fifty this year. His blasting of the redistribution of wealth shook academia to its core in 1974, and its intellectual tremors are arguably still being felt to this day. Nevertheless, Nozick’s arguments are clearly lost in the “real world”; high taxes and high benefits still run amuck.

Ireland’s Progressives Lose Big in the Irish Family and Care Constitutional Referenda

Two constitutional referenda were held in Ireland on the 8th of March to revise the wording of the constitution, to widen the definition of family and redefine gender roles in the provision of care. The Irish government claimed that this would modernize the constitution and align it to current views and needs.

The proposed changes were as follows:

The Thirty-ninth Amendment would add the text between brackets to Article 41.1.1:

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Alicja Sielska is Assistant Professor, Institute of Economic Sciences, Faculty of Law, Administration, and