Philosophy

Russian oligarchs, American pols, and state-connected billionaires are all cut from the same cloth: they didn't earn, or fully earn, their wealth and position in society. We must withdraw our sanction of these people.

Russian oligarchs, American pols, and state-connected billionaires are all cut from the same cloth: they didn't earn, or fully earn, their wealth and position in society. We must withdraw our sanction of these people.

Capitalism is often blamed for the effects of policies that aren't capitalism. This is why we need a better definition of capitalism.

Do individual rights cease to exist in emergencies or are they only temporarily frozen? Does anyone have the right to decide when there's an emergency—and when these rights disappear?

Murray Rothbard’s criticism of Marxism is often misunderstood. 

Capitalism is often blamed for the effects of policies that aren't capitalism. This is why we need a better definition of capitalism.

An obvious criticism of stakeholder theory is that the key notion of the theory is undefined. Who counts as a “stakeholder”?

The nonaggression principle and negative freedom are not the same thing. Isaiah Berlin's work shows the key difference between them.

Acton not only condemns absolute monarchy but unlimited majority rule as well. If anything, majority rule is worse, because it is much harder to resist.

Can natural resources be appropriated but still subject to a rental tax?