Some Distinctions and Clarifications
Dec 13I want to talk a bit a bit some of the ways in which left-libertarian claims are susceptible of misinterpretation. (Note: when I use the term “right-libertarian” below, I mean “libertarians who deviate rightward from the C4SS/ALL plumbline”!) 1. Right-libertarians sometimes accuse left-libertarians of misrepresenting right-libertarians’ relation to corporatism. “They say we support government favouritism [...]
The Song of Broken Glass
Aug 24This purported quote from Krugman has been making the internet rounds: People on twitter might be joking, but in all seriousness, we would see a bigger boost in spending and hence economic growth if the earthquake had done more damage. Apparently the quote is a fake, and Krugman is irritated that people would attribute “stupid [...]
The Use of Knowledge In Society
Aug 21I recently came across two interesting articles by Rabah Benkemoune. Unfortunately, they’re not accessible for free unless you have university access – in which case you can read “Charles Dunoyer and the Emergence of the Idea of an Economic Cycle” and “Gustave de Molinari’s Bourse Network Theory: A Liberal Response to Sismondi’s Informational Problem.” Benkemoune’s [...]
Preserved in JARS
Aug 18The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies now has online archives. Here, selfishly (appropriately), is a list of links to my own JARS articles over the past decade: The Benefits and Hazards of Dialectical Libertarianism (2.2, Spring 2001) Keeping Context In Context: The Limits of Dialectics (3.2, Spring 2002) Praxeology: Who Needs It (6.2, Spring 2005) [...]
Magic When We’re Together
Aug 05Melissa Harris-Perry, poli sci prof at Tulane, explains to Rachel Maddow: When your government is a free and fair democratically-elected-in-regular-elections government, then it’s not some scary thing outside of you. It is you. It is, in fact, that we, by being together in communal space, we say: okay, look, there are these community assets, air, [...]
The Cloister of Cognition
Jul 27I’ve been talking epistemology with a student here at Mises U. this week, and at one point I wrote up a couple of pages for him. So I thought I’d share them with the rest of you: I take your view to be as follows: that genuine knowledge includes a) awareness of our own subjective [...]
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