Walter Block articles recently put online, here : A Comparison of Economic Correctness and Political Correctness, Humanomics, Vol 20, No 3 - 4, pp 14 - 25 Ayn Rand and Austrian Economics Two Peas in a Pod, Journal of Ayn Rand Studies - Vol 6, No 2, Spring 2005, pp 259 - 269 Block v. Epstein Debate on Eminent Domain, NYU Journal of Law and Liberty,
In 10 Austrian Vices and How to Avoid Them , Peter Leeson offers advice such as 1. Stop block quoting Mises and Hayek ... 4. No more discussions about the calculation debate. ... 5. Get over the “subjectivism stuff.” ... 8. Do not engage (i.e., make the focus of your research) work that is more than 25 years old. ... 9. Don’t tell us what Mises,
I’ve noted before, in Objectivism and Federalism and other entries linked there, “how many libertarians and Objectivists simply seem unable to appreciate the virtues of our federalist system; and that this is rejected implicitly when libertarians use ‘the government’ to refer to both state and federal government”. We see this yet again in Clint
In Jan Narveson’s thought-provoking and elegantly-written The Libertarian Idea (1990), he discusses an admission by a Marxist, G.A. Cohen , of a serious problem with communal ownership of property. As Narveson notes (p. 68): “The problem for socialists, as Cohen observes, is how to have both the right of self-ownership ... and yet a right of
FRAMEWORK FOR ADVANCING TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMIC INTEGRATION BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Sounds ominous to me, and I’m sure it’ll be great fodder for the conspiracy-minded. S ummary from ASIL’s International Law in Brief : European Union and United States Summit: Framework Agreement (30 April 2007) Leaders of the
The following is an edited version of my recent post on a libertarian discussion list. I’ve often noted how Hoppe’s writings on libertarian ethics stress the importance of the “prior-later” distinction and the problems with the “latecomer” ethic. A few thoughts on this, which occurred to me while daydreaming earlier today. Much of it is redundant
From Rothbard’s August 11, 1984 letter to Tony Flood : Dear Tony: I read your letter in some distress. My my: a blend of mysticism and utilitarianism, holism and Buddhism, all this adds up to what a friend of mine would call “my second favorite thing.” My first favorite? Who knows—it’s a tie between a bunch of things: an example—being kicked in
Paleolibertarism: Il pensiero di Hans-Hermann Hoppe [ Paleolibertarianism: The Thought of Hans-Hermann Hoppe ], by Piero Vernaglione, was published just a few weeks ago in Italian. This 116 page book provides a brief description of Hoppe’s entire “system” of thought--property ethics, epistemology, failed economic systems (socialism and democracy),
A relentless theme in the commentary on Ron Paul is that he is not really a Republican, mainly because he dissents from the party on foreign policy. People now associate the Republican Party with crazed war mongering, massive military spending, and relentless conflict seeking, to the point even of a messianic global crusade on behalf of American
Humans have discovered the ethics of liberty over and over again throughout history. Of course, an ethical system for rational animals has to take account of the dynamic aspects of conflict, and not just zero sum scenarios. All other species in the world are not characterized after a vigorous a) capability and b) need, for owning and creating
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