Zwolinski Tries to Take Rothbard to the Mat
In a recent symposium on Murray Rothbard's For a New Liberty, philosopher Matt Zwolinski takes issue with Rothbard on Murray’s views of freedom and property rights.
In a recent symposium on Murray Rothbard's For a New Liberty, philosopher Matt Zwolinski takes issue with Rothbard on Murray’s views of freedom and property rights.
Why have some Americans opposed this nation’s involvement in foreign wars? According to Jacob Heilbrunn of The National Interest, it is because those Americans love bloody dictators like Adolph Hitler.
Ingrid Robeyns doesn't want to abolish markets and replace them with central planning. However, as David Gordon points out, her ideas on reducing inequality reflect the belief that progressives can create a fantasy world, state control without the consequences.
In today’s edition of Friday Philosophy, David Gordon reviews The Prophets of Doom by Neema Parvini. The author deals with conservatives that believe that free markets threaten the virtue of our society.
Feminist theorist Judith Butler is calling for mandatory education to confront children with modern gender theory. As David Gordon points out, she wants to use coercion to force people to accept her theories.
In his new book Abundance, Generosity, and the State: An Inquiry into Economic Principles, Guido Hülsmann explains how mutual economic exchanges create gratuitous benefits. As David Gordon notes, Hülsmann’s insight is an important addition to economic understanding.
David Gordon comments on John Gray’s The New Leviathans, noting that Gray’s reasons for turning away from liberalism and free markets are based on fallacies.
In his review of The Political Thought of David Hume: The Origins of Liberalism and the Modern Political Imagination, David Gordon examines systems of ethical norms. The Misesians have the best insights, of course.
What were Abraham Lincoln’s religious beliefs? Not what most Americans would think. While a scoffer for much of his life, his wartime speeches spoke of “Providence” and developed a fatalistic worldview.
David Gordon reviews Paul C. Graham’s Nonsense on Stilts: The Gettysburg Address and Lincoln’s Imaginary Nation, examining Lincoln's logic and finding it wanting.