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It is typically conceded that a starving man is not free, and this marks the alleged defining flaw of a free market, the commoditization of labor. The contention is that the relationship between employers and employees is really no different than the relationship between muggers and their victims: obey or die. Typically, market opponents [...]
To be clear, I am not here to bury religion. Faith and religion are distinct yet complementary concepts. As a matter of fact, someone could attempt to justify a religious belief strictly on objective empirical (fact-based) evidence. I also recognize that most people accept their religious belief in some part on emperical evidence. Often, people [...]
In some respects, I agree with both sides in the heated L. Neil Smith-Shire Society intellectual property dispute. There has been some childish name-calling from each camp, although Smith’s has been far more harsh.
The controversy stems from the creation of the heretofore obscure Shire Society, the several dozen signatories claiming their [...]
It is frustrating having politicians talk about rights.
Last week, Supreme Court Justice nominee Elena Kagan, the White House’s solicitor general, was being questioned by Sen. Tom Coburn (Okla.) about natural rights.
The day before, he had unsuccessfully tried to get Kagan to concede that the constitution’s Commerce Clause does not give government the power [...]
One of the last points to integrate into my evolution of support for self-government and natural liberty were the rational limits on property rights. In learning (and still learning) of how far a property claim extends over others, I think I have a deeper appreciation for what a free society might look like and a [...]
Before I had run out of excuses, as one bumper sticker chides, I was still a minarchist — whereby I believed the only purported role of the state was the defensive protection of individual rights. I was still fiercely opposed to immigration restrictions, based on my reading Ayn Rand, who was obviously sympathetic to immigrants [...]
This is the follow-up to the first post of memorable lines from Lysander Spooner’s “Natural Law or the Science of Justice.” Spooner may be more widely known for his refutation of the legitimacy of the United States constitution or his challenge of the American postal monopoly. However, this may be his [...]
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Economic and Ethical Subjectivism, Similarities and Differences
One of the things that gets lost or misunderstood when talking about economics is the subjective nature of its analysis. Economic explanations, at least from the Austrian economics school, instruct that valuations are relative to the subject who holds them. For this reason, some people dismiss subjectivist economics because they believe it cannot instruct what [...]