Hans-Hermann Hoppe’s Argumentation Ethic: A Critique
In this article, Robert P. Murphy and Gene Callahan review of Hans-Hermann Hoppe’s argument for defense of the justice of a social order based exclusively on private property.
Review Essay of The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History by Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
In this article, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel reviews Thomas E. Woods, Jr’s The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History.
Volume 20, Number 2 (2006)
Book Review of The Church Confronts Modernity: Catholic Intellectuals and the Progressive Era and The Church and the Market: A Catholic Defense of the Free Economy by Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
In this article, Samuel Bostaph reviews Thomas E. Woods, Jr.’s books, The Church Confronts Modernity: Catholic Intellectuals and the Progressive Era and The Church and the Market: A Catholic Defense of the Free Economy.
Volume 20, Number 2 (2006)
Book Review of Ayn Rand by Tibor Machan
In this article, Robert Bass reviews Tibor Machan’s Ayn Rand.
Volume 20, Number 2 (2006)
Rothbard as a Political Philosopher
Murray N. Rothbard was an economist, a philosopher, an historian, and a cultural commentator. He was immensely prolific, and also devoted to synthesizing strands of thought often kept separate by the disciplinary structure of modern academia.
Volume 20, Number 4 (2006)
Wresting Land from the Sea: An Argument Against Public Goods Theory
According to many economists we need the state to provide public goods. The assertion seems to be so crystal-clear that it is not even worth discussion in the mainstream.
Volume 20, Number 4 (2006)
Communism and the Ironic Value of Property in Italian Neo-Realist Cinema
This paper will explore in depth the issues raised in La Terra Trema (“The Earth Trembles,” 1948). Director Visconti, raised in an aristocratic life of privilege, sets out to give an exposé of the poor working conditions of Sicilian fisherman. But, in a turn of ideology, one family mortgages their meager house and buys their own boat to get out from under the oppressive capitalists, and voila, they become owners themselves
Volume 20, Number 4 (2006)
Re-Reading Thomson: Thomson’s Unanswered Challenge
Judith Jarvis Thomson’s “A Defense of Abortion” (1971) was first published more than 30 years ago. Since the publication of Thomson’s paper, the morality of abortion has remained the most discussed topic in practical ethics. Thomson’s paper has led the way in that discussion, easily being the most discussed and the most influential of the many papers published on the topic.
Volume 20, Number 4 (2006)
Catastrophe: Risk and Response by Richard A. Posner
In this article, J.H. Huebert reviews Richard A. Posner’s Catastrophe: Risk and Response.
Volume 20, Number 4 (2006)
From Liberty to Democracy: The Transformation of American Government by Randall G. Holcombe
In this article, Dr. Ludwig van den Hauwe reviews Randall G. Holcombe’s From Liberty to Democracy: The Transformation of American Government.
