The 20th Anniversary of Hayek’s Death
This past Friday was the 20th anniversary of the death of Friedrich Hayek. I can still remember the moment I learned of Hayek’s death, which occurred in my first of teaching. Hayek is by far the most...
View ArticleCorey Robin on Hayek
Over at Crooked Timber, Corey Robin has been criticizing Friedrich Hayek for supporting Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. I don’t know much about the Hayek-Pinochet connection, nor to be honest have...
View ArticleZwolinski on A Guaranteed Minimum Income
My colleague at the University of San Diego, Matt Zwolinski, has done some great work on libertarianism. He is the founder of the Bleeding Heart Libertarian Blog and has been doing work on drawing out...
View ArticleIntensifying International Competition
Judge Stephen Williams has provided an excellent description of some of the Hayekian advantages of international competition. Here I discus how sound legal policy can protect and intensify such...
View ArticleReal Campaign Finance Reform: Legislating Through General Rules.
In a series of decisions on campaign finance legislation, the Roberts Court has made it clear that Congress cannot solve the enduring political issues of undue or unequal influence in politics by...
View ArticleAnother Genius Who Was a Poor Student
I am presently reading this biography of Friedrich Hayek by Alan Ebenstein. The book is not an intellectual biography, but more focused on the events of Hayek’s life – which is where I have biggest...
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Ebola’s Bureaucracy Lesson
Questioning the effectiveness of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention has become the national pastime ever since two nurses in Dallas became infected with Ebola after following CDC protocols....
View ArticleHayek in New York
Friedrich Hayek, born into a noble family in Austria, lived a fascinating life. Educated in Austria, he moved to the London School of Economics in 1931. In 1950, he accepted a position at the...
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The Adhoc-racy and the Rule of Law in the 2008 Financial Crisis
When surveying the vast wreckage of the 2008 financial crisis, many classical liberals worry that the most profound damage done was to the rule of law in America. Though it is difficult to pin down...
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Piety, Benevolence, Self-Government, and Free Institutions
The Rev. Timothy Dwight (President of Yale, 1795-1817, leading Congregational and Federalist thinker, enemy of Thomas Jefferson), wrote about the three great good works: piety, benevolence, and...
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Jury Nullification: Good or Bad?
When jurors disregard their instructions, are they promoting liberty—or anarchy?
View ArticleCorey Robin on Hayek
Statue symbolizing Universal Suffrage, at the Place de La Republique in Paris, adorned by mourners after the Charlie Hebdo terror attack of January 2015. (image: David Djordjevic Studio,...
View ArticleZwolinski on A Guaranteed Minimum Income
Statue symbolizing Universal Suffrage, at the Place de La Republique in Paris, adorned by mourners after the Charlie Hebdo terror attack of January 2015. (image: David Djordjevic Studio,...
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Piety, Benevolence, Self-Government, and Free Institutions
The Rev. Timothy Dwight (President of Yale, 1795-1817, leading Congregational and Federalist thinker, enemy of Thomas Jefferson), wrote about the three great good works: piety, benevolence, and...
View ArticleIntensifying International Competition
Statue symbolizing Universal Suffrage, at the Place de La Republique in Paris, adorned by mourners after the Charlie Hebdo terror attack of January 2015. (image: David Djordjevic Studio,...
View ArticleReal Campaign Finance Reform: Legislating Through General Rules.
Statue symbolizing Universal Suffrage, at the Place de La Republique in Paris, adorned by mourners after the Charlie Hebdo terror attack of January 2015. (image: David Djordjevic Studio,...
View ArticleAnother Genius Who Was a Poor Student
Statue symbolizing Universal Suffrage, at the Place de La Republique in Paris, adorned by mourners after the Charlie Hebdo terror attack of January 2015. (image: David Djordjevic Studio,...
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Ebola’s Bureaucracy Lesson
Questioning the effectiveness of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention has become the national pastime ever since two nurses in Dallas became infected with Ebola after following CDC protocols....
View ArticleHayek in New York
Statue symbolizing Universal Suffrage, at the Place de La Republique in Paris, adorned by mourners after the Charlie Hebdo terror attack of January 2015. (image: David Djordjevic Studio,...
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The Adhoc-racy and the Rule of Law in the 2008 Financial Crisis
When surveying the vast wreckage of the 2008 financial crisis, many classical liberals worry that the most profound damage done was to the rule of law in America. Though it is difficult to pin down...
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