Sunday, April 19, 2020

Mutual-Aid Societies: The Lost Solution

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Saturday, April 18, 2020

If Adam Smith Were Writing the Wealth of Nations Today

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“It is not from the benevolence of the mask maker, glove maker, or hand-sanitizer maker that we expect our person protective equipment, but ...
Friday, April 17, 2020

TGIF: Is Self-reliance a Libertarian Ideal?

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An Associated Press article published a few days ago reported on disagreements among libertarians over what, if anything, the government...
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Wednesday, April 15, 2020

The Szasz Centennary

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  Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Thomas S. Szasz (1920-2012), the most unappreciated libertarian in mode...
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Thursday, April 09, 2020

Why Politicians Do What They Do

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I don't think politicians relish closing down the economy, nor do I think they'll be eager to do so in the future. For one thing, it...

Anarchism and Pandemics

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I highly recommend William Gillis's "Anarchism and Pandemics" at the Center for a Stateless Society site. It's one of the...
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Where the Coronavirus Didn't Come from

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Benedict de Spinoza Benedict de Spinoza (1632-1677),  Ethics , Appendix to Part One, "Concerning God" : All such [misconce...
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Tuesday, April 07, 2020

The Dog that Didn't Bark

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Not so long ago we might have been seeing public-service announcements like this: For the duration of the pandemic, please use the interne...
Wednesday, April 01, 2020

Flunk the State!

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Knowledgeable people (Bill Gates among them) had warned for years that governments were ill-prepared for serious pandemics. The US governmen...
Saturday, March 28, 2020

An Approach to Collective Problems

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Libertarian political philosophy, as a practical matter, does not offer a prefabricated set of solutions to collective problems. Rather, it...
Friday, March 27, 2020

TGIF: Libertarianism in Emergencies

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Libertarians have always acknowledged that emergencies -- severe extraordinary conditions of limited duration -- can justify actions that ...
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Thursday, March 12, 2020

We Need Markets Now More than Ever

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Jeff Tucker's "In a Disease Panic, the Free Market Is Your Friend" ought to be atop everyone's reading list. As libertari...

Price-Gouging Laws Violate the First Amendment

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Laws against so-called price gouging -- that is, price spikes during emergencies -- violate our natural right to engage in voluntary excha...
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Friday, March 06, 2020

TGIF: Democracy Can't Fix Socialism

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However you feel about democracy, it can’t fix what’s wrong with socialism.  In theory, modern representative democracy — unlike ancient ...
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Friday, February 28, 2020

TGIF: Might You Be a Libertarian?

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If you're like most people, you don't go around killing or assaulting others. You probably would never think of torturing, raping...
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Friday, February 21, 2020

TGIF: The Nonintervention Principle

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Anyone old enough to think about "America's" role in the world ought to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time. For ...
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Friday, February 14, 2020

TGIF: Anti-BDS Laws Violate Our Freedom

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Americans’ free-speech and other rights are being violated by state laws aimed at stifling the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) Movem...
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Monday, February 10, 2020

Scott Horton Interview

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Scott Horton and I talked about Trump's Joke of the Century "vision" for Palestine. Listen here .
Friday, January 31, 2020

TGIF: Trump Would Make Palestinian Subjugation Permanent

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The fundamental flaw at the heart of Trump’s Palestine/Israel plan, presumptuously titled Peace to Prosperity: A Vision to Improve the Li...
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