This article is the tenth in a series about libertarianism. This series began by defining libertarianism and giving its history and alternatives. Later installments focused on the economic arguments against libertarian-type limited government based on the realities of market imperfections, the pos[...]
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Contra Libertarianism X:
Moral Issues
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Contra Libertarianism IX:
Moral Issues
This article is the ninth in a series about libertarianism. This series began by defining libertarianism and giving its history and some its alternatives. Later installments focused on the economic arguments against libertarian-type limited government based on the realities of market imperfections[...]
Tags: abuse, Adam Smith, capitalism, China, civil liberties, coercion, deadweight losses, deflation, economy, Enclosure Act, Engels, entitlement, environment, EPA, externalities, FDA, Fderal Reserve, FDR, financial crisis, fiscal, fiscal policy, fraud, freedom, fusionism, GAO, Gemeinschaft, government, high information cost, industrial revolution, inequality, inflation, joint impact good, Keynes, labor, labor theory of value, liberal, liberalism, libertarian, libertarianism, liberty, marx, mercantilism, minarchy, monetary policy, monopoly, monopsony, nanny state, paleoconservatism, paleoconservative, progressive, public goods, public health, republicans, Ron Paul, Roosevelt, Ross Perot, social mobility, spending, stimulus, taxation, taxes, tea party, trickle down, unions, USDA, waste, Wealth of Nations No Comments
Contra Libertarianism VIII:
Moral Issues
This article is eighth in the series about libertarianism. “The owners of property have the full right to control, use, dispose of, or in any manner enjoy, their property without interference, until and unless the exercise of their control infringes the valid rights of others.” – U.S. Li[...]
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Contra Libertarianism VII:
Economic Issues
E. Rational Markets? This article is the seventh in series critiquing libertarianism. We favor free-market banking, with unrestricted competition among banks and depository institutions of all types…” - U.S. Libertarian Party Platform This series on libertarianism began by defining and gave a hi[...]
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In Praise of Sluts
I planned to add another installment to my ongoing critique of libertarianism this week, but another pressing issue has pushed its way to the front. Although it sounds trivial, it concerns a recent and nasty case of bigotry against women. As almost everyone in the United States knows, the recent new[...]
Tags: birth control, contraceptive, freedom, liberty, limbaugh, morality, morals, racism, religious freedom, Rush, sandra fluke, sex, sexism No Comments
Contra Libertarianism VI:
Economic Issues
D. Monetary Policy and the Gold Standard This article is the sixth in a series critiquing libertarianism. “Individuals engaged in voluntary exchange should be free to use as money any mutually agreeable commodity or item. We support a halt to inflationary monetary policies and unconstitutional leg[...]
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