Rose Wilder Lane and Ayn Rand at their respective typewriters
Typing Twins
Tag Archives | Left-Libertarian
Principle and Interest
This coming weekend I’ll be presenting my paper on title-transfer and interest for a panel on “Foundations of Libertarian Political Philosophy” at the Austrian Economics Research Conference or AERC (formerly the Austrian Scholars Conference or ASC, though the conference remains as open to non-economics contributions as ever; I guess they just wanted to make clear that “Austrian” refers to a school of thought and not a nationality). I’ll also be chairing a panel on “Libertarianism: Intellectual History and Applications.” Schedule here.
CMS @ C4SS
Chris Sciabarra discusses the Center for a Stateless Society.
Mars Attacks! or, Other Business Models Are Possible
As everyone knows, without copyrights there would be no way to fund creative art, particularly expensive art like motion pictures.
Meanwhile, in the real world, and in a mere 10-hour period, Veronica Mars fans have pledged $2 million via Kickstarter (at an average of $62.50 per backer) to produce a Veronica Mars movie.
(I’ve never watched the show, so my gladness is generic and political rather than specific and fannish.)
Philosophographica
Posted: photos from the AU philosophy conference (3 pages) and my trip to Hanover College (1 page).
North By Left
Today and tomorrow I’m attending the Auburn Philosophy Department’s 5th annual conference, this one on “Theoretical Agency: Issues at the Intersections of Freedom and Belief”; schedule here.
After that I’m off to Hanover College, Indiana, at the invitation of John Ahrens, to give two talks, one on Milton Friedman’s critique of corporate social responsibility (for my general take whereon, see here), and one on free-market radical leftism (scroll to the bottom of the poster for what some may consider a tincture of irony).