Mises and Rothbard taught that economics is a value-free science. Propositions of economics, such as the law of diminishing marginal utility, neither state nor imply any judgments about what is good or bad, right or wrong. Robert Grant, an Irish philosopher who teaches at Trinity College, Dublin, disagrees. In an article that appeared January 23
Harry Binswanger, a leading Objectivist philosopher, advances a simple argument that he thinks suffices to undermine libertarian anarchism. The argument is found in his article of January 24 for Forbes, “Sorry, Libertarian Anarchists, Capitalism Requires Government.” Binswanger’s argument starts from a correct premise. In a free market exchange,
Professor David Gordon gives his critique of John Hospers’ “Libertarianism and Legal Paternalism” paper published in The Journal of Libertarian Studies. Volume 4, Number 3 (1980) Gordon, David. “Comment on Hospers.” Journal of Libertarian Studies 4, No.3 (1980):
In this article, David Gordon offers a review of George H. Smith’s Atheism, Ayn Rand, and Other Heresies . Volume 10, Number 2 (1992) Gordon, David. “Review of Atheism, Ayn Rand, and Other Heresies By George H. Smith.” Journal of Libertarian Studies 10, No. 2 (1992):
In this article, David Gordon and Roberta A. Modugno review of J.C. Lester’s Escape From Leviathan: Liberty, Welfare, and Anarchy Reconciled . Volume 17, Number 4 (2003) Gordon, David., and Roberta A. Modugno. “Review of J.C. Lester’s Escape from Leviathan: Liberty, Welfare, and Anarchy Reconciled .” Journal of Libertarian Studies 17, No. 4
In this article, David Gordon reviews Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand by Leonard Peikoff, and Liberty and Nature: An Aristotelian Defense of Liberal Order by Douglas B. Rasmussen and Douglas J. Den Uyl. Gordon, David. “Book Reviews: Liberty and Nature: An Aristotelian Defense of Liberal Order by Rasmussen and Den Uyl; Objectivism: The
At a recent conference on cybercrime, Judge Richard Posner, a well-known federal appeals court judge and one of the founders of the “law and economics” movement, said that the needs of national security trump a supposed right to privacy. The NSA spying programs should be allowed to proceed unimpeded by the wishes of people to keep their private
This essay is adapted from David Gordon’s talk at the Costa Mesa Mises Circle . Click here to register for January’s Houston Mises Circle. I’m glad to see so many people here who are open-minded to the notion of society without the state. Unfortunately, some people aren’t like you. These people will read about how bad the government is and may
Volume 3, No. 1 (Spring 2000) Amartya Sen’s wide-ranging book grasps a point ignored by many economists. Economists are generally alive to the virtues of markets, and few since the collapse of communism have a good word to say about central planning. Commonly, though, economists defend markets strictly on grounds of efficiency: the free
Volume 3, No. 2 (Summer 2000) I propose to confine the present examination of Professor O’Neill’s book to one central topic, likely to be one of interest to readers of the Quarterly Journal. In these pages, and in predecessor journal the Review of Austrian Economics , there has been much concern with the nature of the socialist calculation
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