Neo-liberalism’s dead end street blues
The legal scholar Frank van Dun has written an insightful essay in Libertarian Papers about the unfortunate identification of liberalism with utilitarian-pragmatic policy making. His analysis is helpful for explaining why some liberal ideas became popular and others remained ignored. Van Dun touches upon the heart of the matter when he writes that politicians like
Margaret [...]
Anthony de Jasay on the financial crisis
In his recent columns on the 2008 financial crisis, the economist and political philosopher Anthony de Jasay discusses a number of topics including the uninformed, sensational and self-fulfilling reporting of the mainstream media about the current economic climate, the non-trivial contribution of government regulation to the financial crisis, and the consequentialist thinking about the economy [...]
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