Volume 2, No. 1 (Spring 1999) Professor Infantino has applied his considerable skills to the task of freeing the social sciences from the deforming constraints of methodological collectivism. Relying on the methodological individualism pioneered and developed by Bernard de Mandeville, Adam Smith, Herbert Spencer, Carl Menger, Ludwig von Mises,
Volume 2, No. 4 (Winter 1999) The Structure of Liberty is an important new work by one of libertarianism’s most significant and thoughtful legal scholars. Its primary substantive deficiency is its over-reliance on the Hayekian knowledge paradigm, but the work nonetheless arrives at the private -property norms that address the more relevant
Volume 3, No. 1 (Spring 2000) As I see matters, private-property rights are of crucial importance to civilization. They are what distinguishes us from the barbarians. To the extent we give in to the enemies of property rights, we reduce ourselves. Yet private property rights have always been under furious attack, and continue to be so.
Volume 4, No. 2 (Summer 2001) If the unfounded optimism about the gains from unification can be deflated in the South, there is a better chance for peace. This would make the South Koreans more cauti ous and open to exploring alternatives that would allay the North’s fear that the South has a hidden agenda in suing for peace in the
Volume 5, No. 1 (Spring 2002) Hayek points to the works of Bernard Mandeville , David Hume, and Adam Smith as the primary origins of his social theory of spontaneous order. Christinia Petsoulas critically examines that claim and concludes, not simply that Hayek is too modest in understating the originality of his own thought, but that “a
Volume 5, No. 1 (Spring 2002) Pipes does make a contribution to our appreciation for private property. It cannot be denied that the book starts out on a high plain. Certainly, Pipes is correct in locating the difficulties suffered by both Russia and later the U.S.S.R. in terms of the lack of appreciation for private property endemic in that
Volume 6, No. 3 (Fall 2003) Governments always attempt to exploit a crisis, and disasters provide a natural (no pun intended) excuse for them to do so. Their proffered “solutions” to problems(which they often create) invariably worsen those problems. As is the case with general standards of living, economic growth and development—in short,
Volume 7, No. 4 (Winter 2004) In the context of legal analysis, one important praxeological doctrine is the distinction between action and mere behavior. The difference between action and behavior boils down to intent. Action is an individual’s intentional intervention in the physical world, via certain selected means , with the purpose of
Volume 7, No. 4 (Winter 2004) The author wishes to examine Nozick’s ontological overtures within the context of social and political ontology. Zaibert wishes to sketch some fundamental aspects of the ontology of politics, via the analysis of the institution of the state. To the extent that John Rawls’s philosophy can be seen as the
Volume 8, No. 3 (Fall 2005) Do weak governments around the globe merit assistance? The premise of When States Fail: Causes and Consequences is that without strong government, society devolves into chaos. Sponsored by the Harvard University Failed States Project, this edited volume contains fourteen chapters, most of them written by political
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