Philosophy and Methodology
Ayn Rand’s Contribution to the Cause of Freedom
Roderick Long celebrates Ayn Rand's work and influence in this piece written on the centenary of her birth.
Liberty and Order, Home and Abroad
Serious thinkers have known for centuries that society is a complex, spontaneous order, which cannot be centrally directed at gunpoint.
2. Economic Tools for Understanding the War
Opportunity cost is the proper economic basis for specialization and trade in resources. Opportunity cost is the highest value you give up when you make a choice. It was Confederate government policy that caused misallocations on the part of the South, making it inefficient and wasteful. A few of those bad policies were: drafting soldiers, confiscating resources, and monetary inflation.
Philosophers Reject Self-Referential Arguments?
I was sitting in my wife’s intro to philosophy class a while ago, and the professor was reviewing their first exam.
Distractions in the Social Security Debate
Hans Sennholz discusses the many proposals to reform the program and save it from its demographic failings. Demographics, he argues, are a distraction from the core problems.
Up From Conservatism
Recorded 10/16/2004 at Radical Scholarship: The Guerrilla Movement for Liberty.
Keeping What’s Yours and Backing the Cause of Liberty
Recorded 10/16/2004 at Radical Scholarship: The Guerrilla Movement for Liberty.