Smashing Capitalism in Caesar’s Palace
May 13The texts (or approximations thereto) of the presentations at our Free-Market Anti-Capitalism panel at last month’s APEE meeting in Las Vegas are now all online. (Some of them have been online for a while, but the whole enchilada wasn’t up until today.) • Steven Horwitz’s comments, parts one and two (and see also this follow-up) [...]
Terms of Ownership
May 13Shawn Wilbur has some interesting remarks on the benefits and hazards of the possession/property distinction. In related news, Demonic Possession would be a great name for an anti-Proudhonian screed.
Cartesius Aristotelicus
May 13Descartes’s philosophical anthropology is widely thought to mark a radical break from the preceding Aristotelean tradition. But Paul Hoffman has been arguing for the past quarter-century that, despite various differences, Descartes is actually far closer to the Aristotelean conception of the embodied human being as a hylomorphic unity than to the popular textbook “Cartesian” stereotype [...]
Serving Two Masters
May 13According to the latest LP press release: Elena Kagan is another bad pick for the Supreme Court. If confirmed, it is likely that she will vote on cases with the intent of advancing political policy goals. Kagan will probably vote to advance liberal policy goals, just as some other justices vote to advance conservative policy [...]
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