Reincarnation: A State-Given Right
Calling Cass Sunstein and Stephen Holmes, who insist that all rights are “positive rights” that are created by the state: BeliefWatch: Reincarnate. Hat tip to Constantino Diaz-Duran.
Political Theory
Ukraine and the Benefits of Divided Power
I’ve talked with some Ukrainian economists who told me that the economy here is booming, not in spite of, but because of the political deadlock, in which no grouping can…
History, Myth, Fable, Custom, and Tradition
Libertarian versus Conservative Theories of Law Conservatives do not make a fetish of property rights …. Instead of blanket rules, we seek to comprehend the divine intent, groping towards it…
Summer School on Freedom, Law, and Prosperity in China
Our partners in China ran their own Cato University this last week: the Lao Tse and Adam Smith Academy.
An Elegant Explanation
No, it doesn’t answer every question or go into every corner of the theory of individual rights, life-boat cases, and so on, but this is an elegant statement.
Cato-Sponsored Seminars on Libertarian Thought: Ghana, China, Crimea
Inspiring African Transformation I’m pleased that, following on the successful Cato University (with 179 participants) in San Diego last month, two major seminars on libertarian thought have been run this…
A Presumption in Favor of Prudence?
Stephen Bainbridge has an interesting essay up about foreign policy over at Andrewsullivan.com, “On Non-Interventionism.” It´s a helpful dose of wisdom, but…. a presumption in favor of prudence suggests that…
Herbert Spencer in Arabic
Thanks to the hard work of my colleagues, Herbert Spencer’s briliantly radical essay “The Right to Ignore the State” from his book Social Statics has just appeared on Misbah al…
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