Monthly Archives: October, 2011
The Corporation as Social Contract
This is a follow up post to an earlier piece, Anarchism and The Firm. A re-summarization of that piece: If we accept the institution of the market, then we must … Continue reading
The One Hundred Percent
The preface of Anthony de Jasay’s 1985 book, “The State,” informs us of the central theme: how state and society interact to disappoint and render each other miserable. Indeed, de … Continue reading
Anarchism and The Firm
This recent piece, Corporate Personhood, Limited Liability, and Double Taxation, is not Stephan Kinsella’s finest hour. The piece is riddled with problems and inaccurate representations. Let’s begin by defining our … Continue reading
The Argument for Liberty
This month, The Boston Review is featuring a Libertarianism and Liberty discussion on the failure of liberty as a rational foundation for libertarian public policy. The starting point: Libertarians embrace … Continue reading
Free Markets and Coercion
A popular critique of the “Free Market” is a simple presumption against it’s actual existence. If they don’t exist, then any debate on the matter is a pointless exercise. Occasionally, … Continue reading
No Accountability in Liberal Democracy…A Reply to E.D. Kain
E.D. Kain’s “Case for Democracy” suffers from an apparent flaw: namely, there is no case made. Instead, the piece reflects a “presumption of democracy” and then proceeds with a case … Continue reading
“The Penalty of Treason is Death”
So proclaimed supposed left-winger Bill Maher to the applause of his supposed left-wing audience Friday night. The question: a brief consideration of Ron Paul’s critique of Obama’s assassination of Anwar … Continue reading
