A common argument I hear from socialists (both anarchist and statist) is that libertarians seek to impose the market onto people against their will. To me, this reveals a fundamental misunderstanding regarding what the market is.
The market is an abstraction and does not refer to something that is deliberately implemented. It describes the naturally occurring [...]
If you’ve ever openly admitted to not voting, one classic refrain you’ve no doubt heard is “If you don’t vote, you can’t complain,” or “If you don’t vote, you have no right to complain,” or some variation thereof. The implication, of course, is that by not expressing your opinion via voting, you are implicitly accepting [...]
So lately I’ve been listening to Roderick T. Long’s lecture series Foundations of Libertarian Ethics (available for free on Mises.org), and while I don’t agree with Mr. Long on everything, he has certainly given me quite a bit to think about.
For example, he brings up how there are two types of means; instrumental and constitutive. [...]
