Against the Libertarian Cold War
A controversy has arisen in the libertarian movement over the proper approach to the events concerning Russia, Ukraine, and Crimea. Like many such controversies, it has quickly polarized almost...
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Second Thoughts on Leoni, Hayek, Legislation, and Economic Calculation
My libertarianism has been fairly consistent over the years, especially since I morphed from Randian minarchist to Rothbardian anarchist around about 1989 or so (my last gasp in the minarchist camp was...
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When Evil Institutions Do Good Things: The FCC’s PTAR Law
In my Freeman article "TV’s Third Golden Age," the summary subtitle that the magazine chose was "Programming quality is inversely proportional to regulatory meddling." I couldn’t have said it better....
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Was Robin Hood a Marxist?
Simon Schama could use a dose of classical-liberal theory. Most of us can be forgiven for knowing Marxist theory better than the liberal tradition — it’s hard not to drink Marxism in with our...
View ArticleReligious Conduct of Commerce: Unwinding the Hobby Lobby Case
There is a lot of confusion surrounding the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Hobby Lobby. The libertarian perspective has been discussed elsewhere, but what the Court actually did is not being...
View ArticleOf Morality and Failed Business Strategies…
Some time ago, back in 2013 in fact, Richard Branson published a piece on LinkedIn, under the heading of “Big Idea 2013: This Year the Drug War Ends” wherein he positied, among other things, that if...
View ArticleSalon’s Seven Misconceptions About Libertarianism
Lately it has become fashionable for political partisans to bash libertarianism. These “critiques” are vacuous and do nothing but demonstrate that the authors haven’t bothered to do basic research...
View ArticleGreen Shoots Among the EcoReds
A Brief Background I recently began leasing a Nissan LEAF. The $7500 Nissan takes off the top of the price, along with the $5000 tax credit issued by the state of Georgia, which is available even to...
View ArticleCharlie Hebdo: on “hate crimes” and blaming the victim
Few people outside of jihadist circles have any reaction besides horror and condemnation for the January 7th attacks on the offices of French satirical paper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, in which two masked...
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10 economic lessons (that governments would like to hide from you)
10 Lecciones de Economía (que los gobiernos quisieran ocultarle) is the name of my first book (Spanish), available at http://bit.ly/10LeccionesEcon.
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