Randian Dislikes Me by Stephan Kinsella on December 9, 2009 in Uncategorized Objectivist Diana Hsieh says: “Kensella [sic] is an unhinged and dishonest bit of nastiness, and he deserves to be shunned by all reasonable people — not treated as a civilized interlocutor.” I can’t say I’m very bothered by this: this is the same […]
For reasons why, see my post Happy We-Should-Restore-The-Monarchy-And-Rejoin-Britain Day!. See also my related posts: Goodbye 1776, 1789, Tom Would YOU sign the Declaration of Independence? Richman on the 4th of July and American Independence On Constitutional Sentimentalism Bill Marina (R.I.P.) on American Imperialism from the Beginning Re ‘Untold Truths About the American Revolution’ Jeff Hummel’s […]
This post from the “Absurd Results: Econ, Law, Sports, and Politics” blog picks me as the top choice for a Ron Paul Supreme Court nominee (others: Richard Epstein, Alex Kozinski, Randy Barnett, Janice Rogers Brown). I’m honored, and in some alternate reality, I’m getting impeached for my first “unconstitutional” ruling 🙂 See also: Andrew Napolitano […]
I’m working on a book containing an edited collection of my essays on libertarian theory. The working title is The Ethics of Action: Fundamentals of Libertarian Legal Theory–the main title borrows from the titles of two Rothbard books: The Ethics of Liberty and The Logic of Action (a remaining permutation was taken by Buchanan in […]
Walter Block has a LRC article up today, Andrew Napolitano for Chief Justice, where he lists lots of libertarian lawyers he’s aware of who would be potential candidates for Ron Paulian Supreme Court nominations, and his favorites, which include Judge Andrew Napolitano, Professor Richard Epstein, and yours truly. See also my previous post, Reason on […]
From the Appendix to my post Objectivist Law Prof Mossoff on Copyright; or, the Misuse of Labor, Value, and Creation Metaphors, quoted below. See also “Objectivist Law Prof Mossoff on Copyright; or, the Misuse of Labor, Value, and Creation Metaphors”; “Hume on Intellectual Property and the Problematic “Labor” Metaphor”; “Thoughts on Intellectual Property, Scarcity, Labor-ownership, Metaphors, […]
Update: See Hoppe, Hans-Hermann and Walter Block, “Property and Exploitation,” International Journal of Value Based Management 15, no. 3 (2002): 225–36 (also in Walter Block, Iulian Tãnase & Bogdan Glãvan, eds., Building Blocks for Liberty: Critical Essays by Walter Block [Auburn, Ala.: Mises Institute, 2010]). Abstract: The authors contend that what can legitimately be owned […]
My article, “Read Hoppe, Then Nothing Is the Same,” discussing my upcoming Mises Academy course, “The Social Theory of Hoppe” (Mondays, July 11-Aug. 21, 2011) was published on Mises Daily last Friday, June 10 2011. The article has also been translated into Spanish: Tras leer a Hoppe, nada es lo mismo. Archived comments below. The […]
Two favorite (and oft used) quotes by Spooner, both from No Treason No. VI: The Constitution of No Authority, the first, regarding the Constitution and its supporters: there is not the slightest probability that the Constitution has a single bona fide supporter in the country. That is to say, there is not the slightest probability […]
Below are a couple of my comments on Jeff Tucker’s post Scrupulosity and the Condemnation of Every Existing Business (see also Art Carden’s Against A Ruthless Libertarian Criticism of Everything Existing). These 2 are below, plus a related comment of mine on Steve Horwitz’s post Power and the Market: Talking to the left. *** Agreed; […]
