There are ominous signs on the horizon that governments want to move toward mandating "socially responsible investing" for pensions and fund managers. This is a terrible idea, to say the least.
Recently Tim Poole alluded to the so-called “shopping cart theory” of why self-governance is impossible. Bob explains what’s wrong with this argument.
There are ominous signs on the horizon that governments want to move toward mandating "socially responsible investing" for pensions and fund managers. This is a terrible idea, to say the least.
Claims that market arrangements involve the unethical “using” of others are of lengthy pedigree. But they are also of questionable merit.
Claims that market arrangements involve the unethical “using” of others are of lengthy pedigree. But they are also of questionable merit.
Big business, the target of the most fanatic attacks by the so-called leftists, produces almost exclusively to satisfy the wants of the masses. In fact, serving the masses is the main occupation of the "capitalist."
Jeff Deist finishes his series on Hoppe's devastating classic with a look at the final chapters, critiquing conservatism, liberalism, and constitutionalism.
Peter Schiff discusses minarchism vs. anarcho-capitalism on The Bob Murphy Show.
Bob unveils a new series in which he explains and then evaluates apparent contradictions in the way free-market libertarians handle certain issues.
"Surely, any endorsement of a 'free' market in slaves indicates the inadequacy of utilitarian concepts of property and the need for a theory of justice."
