Libertarianism

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My Tribute to Liberty Dreamers

The Man With the Plan

I thought I should actually state my long-term vision for liberty.

The NYT on Filibusters, and a Note on Methodological Individualism

Scott Sumner has a hilarious analysis of the New York Times’ views on filibusters over the years. Here’s Scott (and I’m not indenting it because it would get too confusing): . . ============ Start Scott Sumner quotation ========== PPS. Here’s the NYT endorsing the Senate’s filibuster vote: In a 52-to-48 vote that substantially altered the balance […]

Pamela Stubbart Makes an Intriguing Point About Consent

I am going to regret this with 99% confidence, but I was intrigued by a Facebook post from Pamela J. Stubbart (reprinted with her permission). She wrote: Dear Libertarians Who Are Squabbling About Rape, N.b., if “tacit consent” isn’t a satisfactory standard for the state’s moral legitimacy, then maybe it’s not good enough for the […]

Another False Victory Claimed Against A Priori Theory

Hans Hoppe (as well as many other living Rothbardians) argues that the purpose of property rights is to resolve disputes over scarce resources. (It is through this channel that Stephan Kinsella argues against the existence of legitimate “intellectual property” rights, since IP isn’t scarce.) Gene Callahan doesn’t like Hoppe’s claim. Today he writes: Of course, […]

Michael Lind Admits Libertarianism Has Never Been Tried

Michael Lind blows up libertarians by pointing out that we’re apparently writing books, giving speeches, and basically devoting a majority of our waking lives to make the world different from how it currently is. (It would be pretty weird if Rothbard wrote books like, The Ethics of the Status Quo but I digress.) Tom Woods […]

Potpourri

==> I realize this is childish, but these naughty K-Mart commercials (here and here) made me chuckle. (Thanks to Sam T.) ==> The CBO came out with a report last week, which many will think makes a slam-dunk case for a carbon tax. But using the very same CBO report, I can show how dubious […]

Murphy Talk on “Spreading the Gift” at “Anarchy in the NYC” Event

On April 20 I gave the opening talk at the “Anarchy in the NYC” event. In case you don’t know, this event featured a bunch of young anarchists of various persuasions, as well as bands. So I had to unveil Tough Guy Murphy for this one. One last caveat: There is about 45 seconds of […]