Charles Amos

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12/20/2024 Power & Market Charles Amos

Ebenezer Scrooge was not an admirable man. He was bitter, unfriendly, and thrifty beyond reason. The three spirits of Christmas, however, did not improve his morality, rather, they terrified him into...

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

04/23/2024 Mises Wire Charles Amos

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...

A JLS Book Review: Property and Justice: A Liberal Theory of Natural Rights

08/31/2023 Power & Market Charles Amos

ABSTRACT: Property and Justice presents a new theory of original acquisition out of which two applications are drawn: a defense of the commons and a defense of the right of necessity. Author Billy...

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

04/30/2024 Charles Amos

Robert Nozick’s Anarchy, State and Utopia turns fifty this year, and this libertarian classic has stood the test of time.

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