Trip Pics VI
May 22More photos: the January 2010 ISIL conference in Phoenix (1 page), the April 2010 APEE conference in Las Vegas (1 page), the April 2011 Mises Circle in Chicago (3 pages), and the April 2011 APEE conference in Nassau (2 pages).
Gide on Molinari
May 20According to Charles Gide’s 1899 review (now posted), the problem with Molinari’s proposed Society of the Future is that it is both too hopelessly utopian – and too similar to the society we’re already living in. There’s no satisfying some people ….
Trip Pics V: Philosophy East and West
May 19More photos – this time from the Dec. 2009 Eastern APA in New York City (1 page), a Jan. 2011 Liberty Fund in La Jolla (5 pages – this is the prettiest set), a May 2011 visit to La Sierra University in Riverside CA (2 pages), and the June 2011 Porcfest in Lancaster NH (4 [...]
Spencer, Hodgskin, and Land Rights
May 18As “everyone knows,” Herbert Spencer was a reactionary defender of capitalism and an opponent of socialism, while Thomas Hodgskin was a proto-Marxian defender of socialism and an opponent of capitalism; so what should one expect from Hodgskin’s review (now online) of Spencer’s Social Statics? The right answer, it turns out, is almost total agreement: “there [...]
Trip Pics IV: La Isla Bonita
May 15And now some photos (8 pages’ worth) from my April 2011 trip to Roatán, Honduras (for the Future of Free Cities Conference). As you’ll see, Roatán is kinda purty.
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